Subject: Sports (Page 31)

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

American basketball coach

When I raced a car last it was at a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Now, it’s the other way round.

German auto racer

Johnny Carson gently suggested to Cobb that Larry Holmes seemed to be always a step ahead of him

Cobb replied: Did it seem that way to you too?

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

By the time a man can afford to lose a golf ball, he can't hit it that far.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

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

I’ve had a good day when I don’t fall out of the cart.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

I led the league in “Go get ‘em next time.”

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.

horse racing trainer & commentator

(Leo) Durocher claims he was sacked forty times (by Larry MacPhail) in his five years as Dodger manager, but I was there and I can verify only twenty-seven.

American baseball executive

There are rough players and there are dirty players. I'm rough and dirty.

Slovak-born Canadian hockey player

He can make the ball look so small that you're not even sure why there's a practical reason for being up there.

professional baseball player

Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

Young Tight Ends Excite Coaches

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

All quitters are good losers.

German-American football coach

This one'll slide down the hill like a greased piglet.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

You might be a redneck if… you think watching professional wrestling is foreplay.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Baseball is like church…. many attend, few understand.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

Golf is my real profession – show business pays my greens fees.

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

One thing I've learned over the years is sometimes if you make kicks early in the game, you don't have to make them late.

American football kicker

I've got a tip on the market for you fellows, buy Pennsylvania Railroad – because by tomorrow night about a dozen of you bums will be riding on it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager