Subject: Sports (Page 35)

The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

Croatian professional tennis player
Sports

His feet were a long way away from his body!

Indian cricketer
Misspokements Sports

They're why the Hubble telescope is pointed away from the earth.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator
Golf Sports

Driving a race car is like dancing with a chainsaw.

American auto racer
Auto racing Sports

We are in the business of kicking butt and business is very, very good.

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

We are not going to be any three-clouds-and-a-yard-of-dust team.

football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die.

(1973 – ) American comedian
Sports

I had all my own teeth and I wanted to keep it that way.

American baseball player
Hockey Sports

I could stand up in the seat and not hit my head.

American auto racer
Auto racing Autos Sports Things

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

American boxer
Boxing Sports

The referee is the most important man in the ring besides the two fighters.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Misspokements Sports

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

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

Any umpire who lasts five years in the minor leagues deserves to be immortalized; any umpire who lasts ten or more years in the minors deserves to be institutionalized.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire
Baseball Sports

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book.

American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

Most one run games are lost, not won.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager
Baseball Sports

Never bet with anyone you meet on the first tee who has a deep suntan, a 1-iron in his bag, and squinty eyes.

professional golfer
Golf Sports

I’d like to help you, but you don’t drink.

professional baseball player & manager
Alcohol Baseball Sports

 Statistics always remind me of the fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.

college football coach
Facts Intelligence Sports

I believe in rules… sure I do; if there weren’t any rules, how could you break them?

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

A silver medal gets you as many free beers as a gold medal does.

Australian Olympic shooter
Sports