Subject: Sports (Page 39)

Golf is not so much a sport as an insult to lawns.

It was like skating inside a pop can.

Canadian hockey player

Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco, and nod at the stupid things your manager says.

American baseball pitcher

I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm also not Charles Manson.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion

The earth in LA moved more in one hour than Benoit Benjamin did all last season with the Clippers.

American sports columnist & analyst

Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses.

professional basketball player

Kerry, don’t sell yourself short. You’ve made far worse calls than that.

hockey broadcaster

They both (statistics & bikinis) show a lot, but not everything.

American baseball player

I didn’t hear him because my two Stanley Cup rings were plugging my ears.

Canadian ice hockey goaltender

I lost 150 lbs. if you include my wife.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

You want a messenger boy, call Western Union.

American football player

One night we play like King Kong, the next night like Fay Wray.

American baseball player & manager

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

Finnish hockey player

Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.

Scottish football player & manager

We have a great bunch of outside shooters; unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.

basketball coach

The Cards lead the Dodgers 4-2 after one inning and that one hasn’t even started.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The first thing I would do when I saw Bobby [Orr] coming down at me was to say a little prayer if I had time.  I’m sure I wasn’t the only goalie who did that.

Canadian professional hockey player

Three things are bad for you: I can't remember the first two, but doughnuts are the third.

football coach

We know he is a one-dimensional player, but it’s the dimension we don’t have.

Canadian sports broadcaster

He can’t decide whether to have his visor half open or half closed.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

My foot said go before my brain did.

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