Subject: Sports (Page 29)

We are the sort of people who make health insurance popular.

Canadian hockey goaltender

Go ahead and putt, you are not interrupting my conversation. 


Well, that kind of puts the damper on even a Yankees win.

professional baseball player & announcer

[The ball] came out like a dead mouse from a cornfield.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Jay Bell is 0-for-6 in this series with 10 homers and 52 RBIs.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Trying to throw a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sun by a rooster.

(1929 – ) American baseball player

We can't win at home and we can't win on the road. My problem as general manager is I can't think of another place to play.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

The symbol of peace… the pigeon!

Irish sports broadcaster

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 call Los Angeles the city of alternatives. If you don't like mountains, we got the ocean. If you don't like Knott's Berry Farm, we've got Disneyland. If you don't like basketball, we've got the Clippers.

American television personality

I’m undisputed. There's no disputing that.

British and Canadian boxing champion

Grubb goes back, back… he’s under the warning track and makes the play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Nigel Mansell is the only man who goes to Nick Faldo for charisma lessons.

English actor & television personality

You don't hesitate with Michael, or you'll end up on some poster in a gift shop someplace.

American basketball player

I think it’s a good idea; it keeps the parents off the streets.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

He's got a cut on his left eye… it's just below his eyebrow.

British sports commentator

Whenever they gave him the game ball, he ate it.

American football player

I’m not allowed to comment on lousy officiating.

professional football general manager

I’ll be sad to go, and I wouldn’t be sad to go; it wouldn’t upset me to leave St. Louis, but it would upset me to leave St. Louis; it’s hard to explain. You’ll find out one of these days, but maybe you never will.

Canadian-born American hockey player

There is no halftime for cheerleaders!

Larry Lintz steals second standing up… he slid, but he didn’t have to.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer