Subject: Sports (Page 74)

I want to be the fastest woman in the world… in a manner of speaking.

American woman drag racer

Don King doesn't care about black or white. He just cares about green.

American boxing champion

We’re not afraid of challenges. It’s like we always say: if you want to go out in the rain, be prepared to get burned.

It looks like a one armed man trying to wrestle a snake in a phone booth.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

I don't think you ever stopped Bobby Orr. You contained him.  He was too talented and too great a player.  When we played the Bruins and Bobby had to give up the puck it was a good play.

Canadian hockey player

I know their mother… she'd give them all my plays.

college football coach

Aren’t all coaches interim coaches?

Canadian ice hockey coach

He may be the only kicker to kick and collect Social Security at the same time.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

He offers more shots than a bar tending octopus or an allergist.

American journalist & tennis broadcaster

I love boxing. Where else do two grown men prance around in satin underwear, fighting over a belt? … the one who wins gets a purse… they do it in gloves. It's the accessory connection I love.

American comedian

Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

My knees look like they lost a knife fight with a midget.

professional football player

Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

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

They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I don't know, I've never hit myself.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

The luge is the only Olympic event where you could have people competing in it against their will, and it would look exactly the same.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

Drive: A shot that comes after the whiff and before the mulligan.

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

I never make predictions and I never will.

English football player

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series… unless we lose game five.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality