Subject: Sports (Page 44)

The current version of Buster Mathis [Jr.] boasts not just a Michelin man waist but an embonpoint thai would give him a better shot at starring in the next Wonderbra poster than winning a boxing title.

If you keep your opposition on their ass, they don’t score goals.

(1925 – 1990) Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager

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

It ain't nuthin' until I call it.

American baseball umpire

‘Deuce’ is used so you don't have to count so high.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies; with experience, he covers up with better ones.

The black cloud is coming from the direction the wind is blowing. Now the wind is coming from where the black cloud is!

English cricketer & commentator

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

(1918 – ) American Christian evangelist

Whore – Amazing Happen NBA

You can say something to popes, kings and presidents, but you can't talk to officials. In the next war they ought to give everyone a whistle.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

 It’s obvious these Russian swimmers are determined to do well on American soil.

British swimmer & sports commentator

I hate the minor leagues. I'd rather go out to lunch with my ex-wife's attorney, then play in the minors.

baseball player

Sure, luck means a lot in football; not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

(1930 – ) American football player & coach

What’s the toughest thing in a professional football game? … Its being the mother of the quarterback.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

If officials called every penalty they saw, there would be no players on the ice and no one in the rink.

professional hockey referee

The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

Reporter: What do you think of Tiger Woods?

Lyle: I don’t know; I’ve never played there.

professional golfer

If the Cincinnati Reds were the first major league baseball team… who did they play?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

It shows what you can accomplish if you stay up all night drinking whiskey all the time.

Restaurant owner

Magri has to do well against the unknown Mexican who comes from a famous family of five boxing brothers.

British sports commentator