Subject: Sports (Page 64)

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming.

(1902 – 1968) novelist
Activities Sports

I used to play sports; then I realized you can buy trophies.

(1973 – ) American comedian
Sports

He’s throwing grounders.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I'd have been more active in there, if only I'd been a little more sober.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

Golf, like measles, should be caught young.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist
Age Golf Sports

Some teams are fair haired, we're not – some teams are the Smiths, we're the Grabowskis.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach
Football Sports

Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft; today it’s called golf.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Golf Sports

I had some bad days in the field… but I didn’t take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way.

professional baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

It would have been worse if we hadn't blocked the kick after Toronto's second touchdown.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

I told them sandwiches.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Entertainment Food/Drink Sports Television

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did… they were something special… they were like homing pigeons; the ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn’t surprising as this is an all Escort race.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor
Baseball Sports

Hornets Will Accent Throwing Game in ’81

Headlines Sports

Many fans look upon an umpire as a necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.

American baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

Her time is about 4.33, which she’s capable of.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

His throw went absolutely nowhere near where it was going.

Australian cricketer & commentator
Misspokements Sports

Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.

British boxing champion
Boxing Sports

Underdog, overdog, hotdog; I guess you want to be an underdog – but an underdog with the best team.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

All quitters are good losers.

German-American football coach
Football Sports

Don Quixote would understand golf. It is the impossible dream.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Golf Misspokements Sports