Subject: Sports (Page 49)

The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs.  You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them.  Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve.  No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

American baseball player
Baseball History Science/Weather Sports

For over 20 years the Boston Celtics have stood for something. The only thing they stand for now is the [national] anthem.

American sportswriter
Basketball Sports

For the Washington Senators, the worst time of the year is the baseball season.

(1927 – ) American author & baseball writer
Baseball Sports

What happens to me next year will happen to me no matter what happens.

professional basketball player
Future Misspokements Sports

That was a tremendous six. The ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary.

English cricketer
Misspokements Sports

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
Hockey Sports

Spencer’s running across field calling out, ‘Come inside me, come inside me.’

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

The Queen's Park Oval -– as its name suggests, absolutely round!

cricket commentator
Misspokements Sports

We’ve got to find a way to win; I’m willing to start cheating.

professional football player
Misspokements Sports

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

(1939 – ) American football player & coach
Football Misspokements Sports

All I do is hit somebody in the mouth; it's a whole lot easier than working for a living.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports Work

Boxing is just show business with blood.

English boxer
Boxing Sports

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
Football Sports

He doesn’t cook well.

American professional tennis player
Sports

He hit me 18 times while I was in the act of falling.

(1909–1959) American boxing champion
Sports

There is one word in baseball that says it all, and that word is, ‘You never know.’

professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

That’s Hendrick’s 19th home run; one more and he reaches double figures.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

He (Lyndon Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Misspokements Poverty Sports

A well-adjusted man is one who can play golf as if it were a game.

Golf Sports

The ability to witness two men stand toe to toe in the spirit of sportsmanship and pummel each other into insensibility is what separates us from the animals.

(1938 – ) American actor
Boxing Sports TV/Movie Quotes

The referee is the most important man in the ring besides the two fighters.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Misspokements Sports