Subject: Sports (Page 26)

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Animals Cold Football Intelligence Places Sports

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

baseball manager
Baseball Characteristics Sports

Golf is not just a good walk ruined, it’s also the act of hitting things violently with a stick ruined.

British stand-up comedian, writer & actor
Golf Sports

I'm broke and I'm back.

American football player
Football Sports

Always remember one thing: From the time the game starts until it ends, you and I are the only sane men on the ice.

professional ice hockey referee
Hockey Sports

Give each guy on the line an ax.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor
Football Sports

Pete Rose has three thousand hits and three thousand fourteen overall.

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

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
Men Sports

I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher; he said, ‘Dave Wehrmeister’s got 11 letters… is that a big enough name for you?

White Sox owner
Baseball Misspokements

The Royal Hong Kong Club caddies hit the nail on the head; their term for golf – "Hittee ball, say damn."

Golf Sports

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series… unless we lose game five.

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

As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Doctors and scientists said breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt; thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.

(1929 – ) English middle-distance athlete, physician & academic
Sports

If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million dollars in the NBA

Canadian hockey player
Basketball Sports

My coach said I ran like a girl, I said if he could run a little faster he could too.

1972 – ) American soccer player
Sports Women

I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.

American football player
Football Sports

The only way to avoid hitting a tree is to aim at it.

Golf Murphy’s Laws Sports

Baseball without fans is like Jayne Mansfield without a sweater.

(1902 – 1994) British-born American trial lawyer & author
Baseball Sports

So what if they're taller? We'll play big.

college basketball coach
Appearance Basketball Body Sports

Those who the gods seek to destroy first, learn how to play golf.

(1926 – 2010) Canadian actor
Golf Sports

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports