Subject: Sports (Page 39)

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

You drive the car, you don't carry it.

American woman auto racer

Moses Kiptanui, the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago…

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I’ve never seen a game like this; every game this year has been like this.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.

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

If you are going to have a fight with a visiting club, be sure to insult them the day they come to town, and not the last day of the series. It pays off better.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

If I could take a punch like that, I might have been able to think up a name besides George for all my sons.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

He's standing there making a sitting target of himself.

English boxing manager & trainer

Turner looks a bit shaky and unsteady, but I think he's going to bat on – one ball left.

Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

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

motor racing commentator

What do you have when you've got an agent buried up to his neck in sand? … Not enough sand.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

He told me just to keep the ball low.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

Sports is the toy department of human life, and Monday Night Football is the largest attraction in the toy department.

(1918 – 1995) American sports journalist & television commentator

I want to be the fastest woman in the world… in a manner of speaking.

American woman drag racer

I had Bernard Taylor five rounds ahead going into their fifth round.

English professional boxer

The bus leaves in an hour – anyone who needs a shower, take one.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Throw strikes – home plate don't move.

American baseball player

He’s shown a lack of inconsistency.

George has three speeds… slow, stop, and wait a minute.

American boxing trainer