Subject: Sports (Page 5)

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Golf, especially championship golf, isn't supposed to be fun, was never meant to be fair, and never will make any sense.

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A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

(1922 – ) American baseball player & manager

This is a game of misses; the guy who misses the best is going to win.

American professional golfer

Impossible Lie: In golf, a ball that is in a position that is both completely obstructed by an immovable object and continuously observed by an incorruptible player.

Here's a six-foot-ten guy in sneakers and the lady's asking me, 'Profession?'


If you’re mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It’s about the same.

professional football player

As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

That guy has muscles in places most people don't have places.

American basketball broadcaster

The Houston Astros play in a vast indoor stadium known as the Astrodome, but the problem is they field a half-vast team.

American baseball player

It was like skating inside a pop can.

Canadian hockey player

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

There were times I felt like leaving the stadium and hitchhiking home.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin.

American baseball manager

Interviewer: Did you graduate from Auburn?
Charles: No, but I have a couple people working for me who did.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

[The ball] came out like a dead mouse from a cornfield.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

That’s one you can tell your grandchildren about – tomorrow.

American baseball player

[tees off] Fore! [his ball hits Judge Smails in the crotch] … I should have yelled, “Two!”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Place-kickers aren't footballers, they're hired feet.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

Hockey is a sport for white men; basketball is a sport for black men; golf is a sport for white men dressed like pimps.

professional golfer

Howard Cosell would rather shave a wild lion with a dull razor than fight me. 

(1942 – ) American boxing champion