Subject: Sports (Page 27)

Frank Bruno says I'm chicken. Well you can tell him I've come home to roost.

American boxer
Boxing Sports

He can embarrass the batter on one pitch and the catcher on the next.

baseball player
Baseball Sports

He'll have a lot of fun. George will keep him in stitches.

boxing physician
Boxing Sports

Owww… it caught ‘em right in the pants area.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer
Hockey Misspokements Sports

When I was a kid, I wanted to play baseball and join the circus. With the Yankees, I've been able to do both.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Activities Golf Sports

All the Padres need is a fly ball in the air.

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

Jack Dempsey hit me hardest, 'cos Dempsey hit me 211,000 dollars' worth, while Joe Louis only hit me 36,000 dollars' worth.

American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

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

Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject.

college basketball coach
Education School Sports

If it comes down to taking care of my mother in her old age and taking care of my center fielder in his young age, I hope she understands.

Owner of the Seattle Mariners
Baseball Sports

We (the Mets) are a much improved ball club, now we lose in extra innings!

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Sports

Can I bite him?

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

American basketball player & coach
Basketball Sports

I occasionally get birthday cards from fans, but it's often the same message… they hope it's my last.

American baseball umpire
Baseball Sports

I hit him with body shots that would have brought down cities.

American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

I didn’t drop my gloves. They were yanked off me.

professional hockey player
Hockey Sports

Tito Fuentes is safe at second with a triple.

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

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Baseball Sports

Boxing is show-business with blood.

(1853 – 1931) American theatrical producer, impresario, director & playwright
Boxing Sports

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly; if they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick… same thing.

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