Subject: Sports (Page 75)

Why am I using a new putter? Because the old one didn’t float too well.

American professional golfer

Dead Golfer Plays His Best Round

We get carried away with coaches and coaching. I have my coaching badges, but they came out of a Cornflakes packet at the time.

English football player & manager

The trouble with officials is they just don't care who wins.

American basketball player & coach

My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to spend forty-three dollars in meal money.

baseball player

Hell, there ain't but 15 black millionaires in the whole country & half of 'em are right here in this room.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Marshall's bowling with his head.

It’s marvelous. You win the championship of the world and the first thing they say to you is ‘Piss off!’

Scottish boxer

Say, when do they begin?

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

You may be right, but it hasn’t reached his legs yet!

Scottish football player & manager

My punches are just as hard in Chicago as in New York.

American professional boxer

Here’s a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

I’m not fat.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

It was the toughest seven-man zone we faced all year.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

It’s a battle with himself and with the ticking fingers of the clock.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

We got to practice a little bit. I want these guys to be bouncing around like a pogo stick on Viagra.

football coach

Ban On Boxing After Death

All quitters are good losers.

German-American football coach

He’s about the size of a lot of guys that size.

football coach

I don’t know that my behavior has improved all that much with age; they just found someone worse.

American professional tennis player

Some guys play hockey… Gretzky plays 40 mph chess.

American sportswriter