Subject: Sports (Page 23)

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

He's the second-best goalie on the ice.

Canadian hockey coach

If you act like you know what you’re doing, you can do anything you want… except neurosurgery.

professional baseball player

What’s nice about the Senior Tour, is you can’t remember your bad shots.

professional golfer

You feel guilty telling the batters to go out there and get a hit. They look at you funny, as is if to say, 'you try it.‘

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

When Xavier McDaniel plays against Orlando Wooldridge, it's a coach's dream – X vs O.

American basketball player

If I wasn't a golfer, I would still be miserable – but not as miserable.

(1947 – ) American comedian, writer, actor & television producer

The great thing about golf – and this is the reason why a lot of health experts like me recommend it – you can drink beer and ride in a cart while you play.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit.

(1954 – ) American actress & comedian

We can’t win at home. We can’t win on the road. I don’t know where else we can play.

Canadian hockey coach, general manager & commentator

Rocky Marciano stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

Hollywood made a movie of my life; the film had me proposing to my wife on the football field… I would never misuse a football field that way.

American football player

We work in the toy department.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

Owner of the A's, Charlie Finley: I noticed when you went out to the mound, you had grass stains on the seat of your pants. That's not a good example to set for your players.

Bauer calmly replied: Those weren't grass stains, Charlie… that was mistletoe.

(1922 – 2007) American baseball player & manager

Remember: Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for pizza delivery… so no matter what happens in the game, Peyton Manning wins.

(1974 – ) American comedian & impressionist

The smaller the ball used in a sport, the better the book.

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

American baseball player

You have really solidified the Mets' centerfield problem.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Tiger Woods Plays With Own Balls, Nike Says

Handicap: An allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)

The final score after eight innings is Giants 3, Padres 2.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer