Subject: Sports (Page 27)

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

American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

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
Baseball Sports

The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract.

professional football player
Football Misspokements Sports

They're like two bulldogs eating lunch off a Brillo pad!

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

It's funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan, it's when you realize that your wife left you in May.

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter
Sports

I’m hoping for a bench clearing brawl during the warm up so I can go out and grab his stick.

Canadian hockey goaltender
Hockey Sports

No captain with all the hindsight in the world can predict how the wicket is going to play.

British sports commentator
Misspokements Sports

Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet
Basketball Sports

Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula… and it took a 7 to do that.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Golf Sports

Mike Tyson's not all that bad. If you dig deep … dig real deep, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, deep, deep, go all the way to China … I'm sure, you'll find there's a nice guy in there.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

In my sport the quick are too often listed among the dead.

Scottish auto racer
Auto racing Sports

… riding a typical McCoy race where, with five lengths to go, he literally picks up the horse and carries it over the line.

British sports commentator
Misspokements Sports

Speed has never killed anyone – suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.

English broadcaster, journalist & writer
Auto racing Sports

My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

You've got to swing that bat; only the mailman walks.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

They say that nobody is perfect… then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.

professional basketball player
Basketball Sports

I've been big ever since I was little.

American football player
Appearance Body Football Sports

When we’re competing for the Stanley Cup, this record won’t mean a thing.

professional hockey player
Misspokements Sports

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
Boxing Sports

For the Leafs, there are two kinds of games: those they lose because of the officiating and those they win despite the officiating.

Ottawa Mayor
Hockey Sports

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports