Subject: Sports (Page 62)

Me and Jake LaMotta grew up in the same neighborhood. You wanna know how popular Jake was? When we played hide and seek, nobody ever looked for LaMotta.

(1919 – 1990) American boxing champion

Look at him and you'd think he's 16… talk to him and you think he's 26; talk baseball with him, and you'd think he's 36.

(1881 – 1965) American Major League Baseball executive

I'm gonna ask the Falcons for so much money they'll have to put me on layaway.

American football player

Part of the learning curve in Edmonton is learning to hate Calgary.

professional hockey player

When I am right, no one remembers. When I am wrong, no one forgets.

American baseball umpire

Trade him for a six pack — it doesn't even have to be cold.

Philadelphia Eagles coach

They probably would; I haven't played in twenty years and we're all old now.

professional basketball player, coach & executive

One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.

Canadian hockey player

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.

(1937 – ) football coach, sportscaster, author & speaker

All we need is a little bit of luck and we could explode.

British rugby coach

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not; it’s motor racing.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

They do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other.

Canadian hockey player

The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.

American professional golfer

We estimate, and this isn’t an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

In the back of Hughes' mind must be the thought that he will dance down the piss and mitch one.


I wonder if Watson is in the relaxed state of mind he's in.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom’s apple pie.

(1926 – 1991) American television journalist

God said to Faldo, as He once said to Nicklaus, "You will have the skills like no other." Then he whispered to Ballesteros, as he whispered to Palmer, "But they will love you more."

American sportswriter