Subject: Sports (Page 45)

That’s the fourth extra base hit for the Padres – two doubles and a triple.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf.

(1866 – 1946) English author

You might be a redneck if… your high school basketball game got rained out.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

You're wrong! I touched second base. I missed third… but I touched second.

American baseball player

There aren't many secrets in coaching…. well, there's one secret: Get a guy like Warrick Dunn, throw him a screen pass and watch him run 52 yards with it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

It has made the richest prize in sport the richest prize in sport.

American boxer

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place… but not much.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

I believe in higher education… you know, 6'8", 6'9", 6'10."

I'm sorry, sir, I'm not permitted to gamble.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

If you call on God to improve the results of a shot while it is still in motion, you are using “an outside agency” and subject to appropriate penalties under the rules of golf.

British golf writer & commentator

Eric Show will be oh-for-ten if that pop fly comes down.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

A big factor in the game was the number of points scored.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

The Mets achieved total incompetence in a single year, while the Browns worked industriously for almost a decade to gain equal proficiency.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set… and they're both working.

1922 – 2006) American boxing champion

I was hoping I could still be an underwear model after my career is over.

Canadian hockey player

The way he’s swinging the bat, he won’t get a hit until the 20th century.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

professional baseball player

If I wasn't a golfer, I would still be miserable – but not as miserable.

(1947 – ) American comedian, writer, actor & television producer

Some coaches pray for wisdom; I pray for 260-pound tackles… they’ll give me plenty of wisdom.

(1932 – ) American football coach

We used to pray the White Sox and the Cubs would merge so Chicago would have only one bad team.

American comedian