Subject: Sports (Page 72)

And now, coming into the game is the five-ton junior from Canton, Ohio.

Misspokements Sports

If everyone were like him (Mitch Williams) I wouldn't play. I'd find a safer way to make a living.

baseball player
Baseball

When Lee [Trevino] and Jack [Nicklaus] win, it is good for golf; when I win, it is better.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer
Golf Sports

Complaints About NBA Referees Growing Ugly

Basketball Headlines Sports

In boxing, it's one against one, whereas in rugby league you have 13 guys coming at you, all trying to do you damage. Mind you, my last fight was a bit like that.

British boxer
Boxing Sports

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.

Golf Sports

Some guys play hockey… Gretzky plays 40 mph chess.

American sportswriter
Hockey Sports

When Lew was a twenty game winner for the Milwaukee Braves, people needed three columns for his pitching record: won, lost and relative humidity.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter
Baseball Sports

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase.

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

They can’t hit it while I’m standing here holding it.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

I play sports…no I don’t… what the f**k?

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Self Sports

It’s not Terry Holmes that Bradford needs – it’s Sherlock.

Rugby coach
Sports

Eric Show will be oh-for-ten if that pop fly comes down.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Owww… it caught ‘em right in the pants area.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer
Hockey Misspokements Sports

You're a liar. There ain't no “Hotel Episode” in Detroit!

professional baseball player
Misspokements Sports

My sport is about 90 percent strength and 40 per cent technique.

Wrist-wrestling champion
Misspokements Sports

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year… it was my second season in the bigs.

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

I got a guy who's short, stoop shouldered and balding with two left feet. They all look better than he does as far as the moves are concerned, but they don't look so good on the canvas.

American boxing trainer
Boxing Sports

I miss the things like the camaraderie in the gym; I don’t miss being smacked in the mouth every day.

Irish professional boxer
Boxing Sports

My first priority is to finish above rather than beneath the ground.

American auto racer
Auto racing Sports

I'll always remember this as the night Michael and I combined to score 70 points.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports