Subject: Sports (Page 34)

We have a lot of success with a dumb person calling plays. I'm hesitant to have a smart one call them.

(1937 – ) football coach, sportscaster, author & speaker

Colin had a hard on in practice earlier, and I bet he wished he had a hard on now.

motor racing commentator

The best thing about baseball is that you can do something about yesterday tomorrow.

Venezuelan baseball player

(Bruce) Benedict may not be hurt as much as he really is.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.

professional basketball player

Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When a fielder gets the pitcher in trouble, the pitcher has to pitch himself out of the slump he isn’t in.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

She doesn't pay me anything. I pay her. Besides, what position can she play?

Toronto Maple Leafs owner

Slump, I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

A coach isn't as smart as people say he is when he's wins, or as stupid as when he loses.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

I wish I could remember everything I told him.

American baseball pitcher

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

When I was recruited at Auburn, they took me to a strip joint; when I saw those titties on Buffy, I knew that Auburn met my academic requirements.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

One minute you're bleeding. The next minute you're hemorrhaging. The next minute you're painting the Mona Lisa.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is… well, an umpire.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

I don’t think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf.

professional golfer & commentator

It’s almost like we have ESPN.

professional basketball player

Without losers, where would the winners be?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager