Subject: Sports (Page 24)

Those amateur umpires are certainly flexing their fangs tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

We’ve got to find a way to win; I’m willing to start cheating.

professional football player

Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.

American auto racer

I've been big ever since I was little.

American football player

I'm not into sports. If someone told me I had athlete's foot, I'd say that's not my foot!

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

When the ducks are walking, you know it is too windy to be playing golf.

American professional golfer

We know how much fans enjoy a good brawl, so we are going to guarantee a fight. If there is not a single five-minute fighting major given to a player, every fan in attendance will receive a free ticket to the following home game.

The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Earnie Shavers hit me, man, and knocked me face down on the canvas. I was in the land of make believe. I heard saxophones, trombones. I saw little blue rats, and they were all smoking cigars and drinking whisky.

American boxer

I think they have to take this bunch down to the slaughterhouse to get weighed.

American football coach

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

I don’t know what I will do in October. I’ve never hit in this month before. I’m usually playing basketball in October.

American baseball player

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

American basketball player

I judge how much a man cares for a woman by the space he allots her under a jointly shared umbrella.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

British auto racer

It was about three-to-one that I was not an SOB.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

That putt had more breaks than a government job.

golf writer

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

You've got to come in with more than a left hook and a bad haircut to beat Lennox Lewis.

British and Canadian boxing champion

He's so strong, he doesn't call the cattle in… he carries them in.

(1928 – ) Canadian professional ice hockey player

Passin’ Earnhardt is like trying to take a bone out of a Pit Bull’s mouth.

American auto racer