Subject: Sports (Page 70)

After a heavy reverse – It was an 'AW game. We were AWful and they were AWesome.

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I played golf with a priest the other day. He shot par-par-par-par-par. Finally I said to him, "Father, if you're playing golf like this you haven't been saving many souls lately.”

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

The older you get the stronger the wind gets… and it's always in your face.

(1940 – ) professional golfer

Passin’ Earnhardt is like trying to take a bone out of a Pit Bull’s mouth.

American auto racer

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Then there was that dark horse with the golden arm, Mudassar Nazar.

British sports commentator

What’s one more torpedo in a sinking ship?

American football player

Tighten the loose ends and loosen the tight ends.

American football player

Golf is just a game – and an idiotic game most of the time.

American professional golfer

Golf: A long walk broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

Irish journalist & author

The best time to play a freshman is when he is a junior.

Minnesota football coach

You drive for show, but putt for dough.

South African professional golfer

Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

Argentinian auto racer

If you call on God to improve the results of a shot while it is still in motion, you are using “an outside agency” and subject to appropriate penalties under the rules of golf.

British golf writer & commentator

With four sisters about the house, I could never get my hands on a comb.

American boxing champion

I’m not feeling very well – I need a doctor immediately; ring the nearest golf course.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

A goal, an assist and a fight.

American ice hockey player

They can say what they want, but playoff hockey is a whole other ballgame.

It's strange… two guys in shorts competing for a belt; they should, at least, award them slacks or a shirt.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor