Subject: Sports (Page 28)

On a recent survey, 80 percent of golfers admitted cheating… the other 20 percent lied.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Before Don King started insulting me I was a complete unknown in this country. Now people stop me and ask for my autograph.

British boxing manager

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

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

Fans never fall asleep at our games because they're afraid they might get hit with a pass.

American basketball coach

His face is sagging with tension.

English sports commentator

And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The (orange) uniforms were already picked out by the time I got here. I didn't give it too much thought until I saw our buses and I said, `My God, we're dressed just like that bus.'

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I just tape four Tylenols to it.

Russian hockey player

If you are going to have a fight with a visiting club, be sure to insult them the day they come to town, and not the last day of the series. It pays off better.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

On his 916th game as coach at University of Alabama – I've been here so long that when I got here the Dead Sea wasn't even sick.

American basketball coach

He’s easy to do. Sit on the bench. Play about 10 minutes a game.

Czech hockey player

A mediocre player will sink to the level of his or her opposition.

We told Stanley Roberts to go on a water diet, and Lake Superior disappeared.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

I wish I could remember everything I told him.

American baseball pitcher

At least he can’t cheat on his score because all you have to do is look back down the fairway and count the wounded.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

I’m no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and 4,200 hits.

American baseball player

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

Canadian hockey coach

All women tennis players should go on their knees in thankfulness to Suzanne Lenglen for delivering them from the tyranny of corsets.

American professional tennis player

Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

I’m a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy… so is my wife.

professional baseball player