Subject: Sports (Page 61)

He is not in a union; he can carry the ball as many times as we want him to… anyway, the ball doesn't weigh that much.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

You can throw anything in our house, but we’ll just let it roll off our backs

Orel Hershiser is the only Major League pitcher to have two consecutive pronouns in his surname.

American essayist

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!

professional baseball player

The Baltimore Colts are a bright young team; it seems as if they have their future ahead of them.

(1919 – 2006) American sports announcer

I'd rather fight than score.

Canadian hockey player

For Michigan fans, football is a religion. And the Ohio State game is Easter.

(1948 – 2003) American actor

What’s one more torpedo in a sinking ship?

American football player

Rugby League is war without the frills.

The only way to avoid hitting a tree is to aim at it.

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball; unfortunately, neither of them work.

professional baseball coach

I’m not a cancer, I’m a Gemini.

American ice hockey player

Boxing is just show business with blood.

English boxer

Very few blacks will take up golf until the requirement for plaid pants is dropped.

(1949 – ) American stand-up comedian

Whenever they gave him the game ball, he ate it.

American football player

Lady Jacks Off to Hot Start in Conference

I'm glad it's him and not some other puke.

Canadian hockey player

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arrangement.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

The reason women don’t play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit in public.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress