Subject: Sports (Page 20)

Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
Basketball Situations Sports

Big balls count.

Australian runner
Sports

Some guys are inwardly outgoing.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Misspokements Sports

Francesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi.

American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

When you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys, there’s no better feeling than to have that done.

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

This boxer is doing what's expected of him, bleeding from the nose.

British sports commentator
Boxing Misspokements Sports

All I had to do is keep turning left!

auto racer
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Play some Picasso.

professional basketball player
Misspokements Sports

(After playing an exhibition game in Canada, Logan was surprised to learn that even the kids speak French.)

professional baseball player
Misspokements Sports

Shooting is just like toenails. They may fall off occasionally, but you know they'll always come back.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

Football isn’t a contact sport, it’s a collision sport; dancing is a contact sport.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach
Dance Football Sports

Detroit’s so bad this year they might lose their bye week.

(1953 – ) comedian, political commentator and television & radio personality
Football Sports

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.

professional baseball player & executive
Misspokements Sports Success

Many Americans follow pro basketball from November through June, for reasons that I found unexplainable, other than the fact that they were overly fascinated with soaring armpits.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter
Basketball Sports

A big factor in the game was the number of points scored.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach
Football Misspokements Sports

Why is a puck called a puck? Because ‘dirty little bastard’ was taken.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

These days baseball is different… you come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

A tie is like kissing your sister.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach
Sports

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer
Golf Sports

Golf is a game in which the ball lies poorly and the players well.

(1912 – 2003) American sports writer
Characteristics Golf Honesty Lies Sports

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Baseball Language Music