Subject: Sports (Page 19)

I fear no man, but the dentist.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Emotions Fear Sports

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth; it is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist
Age Golf Sports Success Wealth

(Willie) McCovey swings and misses, and it’s fouled back.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

The main problem with keeping your eye on the ball is you have to take your eye off your opponent.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist
Golf Sports

The more money the free agent signs for, the less effective he is the following season.

Murphy’s Laws Sports

Real golfers, no matter what the provocation, never strike a caddie with the driver; the sand wedge is far more effective.

Golf Sports

On a golf course, Jack had the hands of a violinist; that was fair, because as a violinist, Jack had the hands of a golfer.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer
Entertainment Golf Music Sports

Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Activities Entertainment Film Sports

I don’t want to die in the middle of the football season; I have to know who’s No. 1 in the last polls.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator
Death Football Sports

If you play against him, you hate him; if you play with him, you hate him a little less.

(1964 – ) Venezuelan-American baseball player & manager
Baseball Insults Sports

Sure… I’m proud to be an American.

professional baseball player
Misspokements Sports

I had some bad days in the field… but I didn’t take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way.

professional baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

That’s the one with all the ‘No Passing’ signs.

Basketball Sports

Nelson Piquet looks like a jockey being strapped into his car. Alan Jones looks like a commando on his way to Vietnam.

British auto racer & executive
Auto racing Sports

His face looks like a closed fist.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Appearance Baseball Sports

(We Used To Kiss On The Lips, But It’s) All Over Now

Sports

His feet were a long way away from his body!

Indian cricketer
Misspokements Sports

They’ve taken the foot off Johnny Grubb… uh, they’ve taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Notre Dame is the only team in the country that never plays a road game.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator
Football Sports

I won't say Wilt Chamberlain is the strongest man I've ever known, but when he wipes the sweat off his brow, people in the balcony get a bath.

basketball coach
Basketball Sports

Once when I'd been in a lot of bunkers, my caddie told me he was getting blisters from raking so much.

American professional golfer
Golf Sports