Subject: Sports (Page 73)

The company should change its name to Mike.

American basketball player

I feel like I’m the best, but you’re not going to get me to say that.

professional football player

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

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

God watches over drunks and third basemen.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

Frank, you deserve a knighthood, or maybe even Lord of the Rings.

Irish television & radio presenter

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

I just think in order to be called a sport both teams need to know there’s a game going on.

(1975 – ) American comedian

I used to be addicted to swimming but I’m very proud to say I’ve been dry for six years.

English police officer, writer, stand-up comedian & radio performer

Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can't play football worth a damn.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Hey, some places this would be a foul!

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Anyone who studied McCall's contribution to the fight would not have been surprised that he failed to hit a sample tube with the required amount afterwards. Bruno, of course, had no such trouble. He is well used to having the piss taken out of him by his fellow countrymen.

sportswriter

Golfing: The art of using a flawed stance, a faulty grip, and an ugly swing to hit a small ball badly toward the wrong hole.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)

There were no scores below single figures.

Australian cricketer & commentator

In pro boxing, let's face it, the name of the game is how much you make – not how many honors won. Billy Walker was the most successful flop in history.

English boxing journalist & commentator

If you act like you know what you’re doing, you can do anything you want… except neurosurgery.

professional baseball player

Ballesteros felt much better today after a 69 yesterday.

This boxer is doing what's expected of him, bleeding from the nose.

British sports commentator

When the ducks are walking, you know it is too windy to be playing golf.

American professional golfer

“Hell, Lou, it took fifteen years to get you out of a game; sometimes I’m out in fifteen minutes.”

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

The difference between being in a relationship and being in prison is that in prison they let you play softball on the weekends.

American stand-up comedian