Subject: Sports (Page 20)

Complaints About NBA Referees Growing Ugly

He can be as good as he wants to be, that's how good he can be.

English football player & announcer

The more I practice, the luckier I get.

(1935 – ) South African professional golfer

The 49ers were so badly flattened that they didn't fly back to San Francisco, they were faxed.

American sports columnist

We'll have an offensive team and a defensive team, and the other team will be in charge of carrying me off the field.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

At all those banquets, stars get up and give credit to their coaches and parents; I give credit to no one; I made myself what I am today.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Don King doesn't care about black or white. He just cares about green.

American boxing champion

There are three things that go on a fighter, first your reflexes go, then your chin goes, and then your friends go.

1922 – 2006) American boxing champion

Howard Cosell is nobody’s fool. He’s everybody’s fool.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

Playing golf is like going to a strip joint… after 18 holes you’re tired and most of your balls are missing.

(1953 – ) comedian & actor

On this team, we are all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

(1937 – ) football coach, sportscaster, author & speaker

A good one iron shot is about as easy to come by as an understanding wife.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

The day Mickey Mantle bunted when the wind was blowing in on Crosley Field.

American baseball pitcher

We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

I figured I'd find him sooner or later but I never did. I asked myself, "Where did he go?" I knew he was there because he kept hitting me.

British boxing champion

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player

There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

It was the toughest seven-man zone we faced all year.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

 If you're a coach, NFL stands for "Not For Long."

professional football & TV commentator