Subject: Sports (Page 38)

They’re really keen on the strawberry flavored ones.

Australian basketball player

Hornets Will Accent Throwing Game in ’81

The Baltimore Colts are a bright young team; it seems as if they have their future ahead of them.

(1919 – 2006) American sports announcer

No fighter comes into the ring hoping to win – he goes in hoping to win.

English boxing champion

Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts; our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.

(1919 – 2000) Canadian prime minister & politician

Golf, especially championship golf, isn't supposed to be fun, was never meant to be fair, and never will make any sense.

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They say they have picked Justin Fortune because he's the same height as Mike Tyson… so is my wife.

English boxing manager & promoter

A professional will tell you the amount of flex you need in the shaft of your club. The more the flex, the more strength you will need to break the thing over your knees.

If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.

American auto racer

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Senna’s car is absolutely unique, apart from the one following, which is identical.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

It don't matter as long as he can count up to ten.

American professional boxer

It was like skating inside a pop can.

Canadian hockey player

If soccer was an American soft drink, it would be Diet Pepsi.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

The only way to ruin a day like this would be to play golf on it.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Jenson Button is in the top ten… in eleventh position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

American basketball player & coach

Winning is always fun, but the car is more important.

Finnish hockey player

That sounded like he hit a roll of wet toilet paper.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I played golf with a priest the other day. He shot par-par-par-par-par. Finally I said to him, "Father, if you're playing golf like this you haven't been saving many souls lately.”

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

When we played, World Series checks meant something; now all they do is screw up your taxes.

American baseball pitcher & announcer