Subject: Sports (Page 43)

Tyson fights like you stole something from him or said something nasty about his family.

boxing promoter

Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. The seventh day is the Lord thy God's. The sixth day is for football.

(1917 – 1993) British composer & novelist

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Since I've retired, I eat less, weigh less, train less and care less.

American boxing champion

On his 916th game as coach at University of Alabama – I've been here so long that when I got here the Dead Sea wasn't even sick.

American basketball coach

Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew.

British sports commentator

It looks like he has a divot over each ear.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I wonder if Watson is in the relaxed state of mind he's in.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Enos Cabell started here with the Astros… and before that he was with the Orioles.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Harmon Killebrew has enough power to hit home runs in any park – including Yellowstone.

American professional baseball player, manager & executive

They're a little bit like money. You don't want to die with them and give them to your kids, so you might as well use them if you need them.

American football coach

Our first priority was staying alive. Our second was stopping the puck.

Canadian hockey player

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

(1973 – ) American comedian

These ball boys are marvellous; you don’t even notice them; there’s a left-handed one over there that I noticed earlier.

Tennis commentator

Football is easy, if you're crazy as hell.

American football player

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand.

BBC commentator

My sport is about 90 percent strength and 40 per cent technique.

Wrist-wrestling champion

Fear was absolutely necessary; without it, I would have been scared to death.

American boxing champion

This is good because up until now, the only channel to find 24-hour coverage of the NFL players was Court TV.

(1963 – ) television host & comedian