Subject: Sports (Page 76)

You know what they say about big hitters… the woods are full of them.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

Golf: A game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose

(1856 – 1924) 28th U.S. president & politician

Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.

(1882 – 1956) English author, (Winnie-the-Pooh) poet, writer, & playwright

The drivers have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch, and one on the throttle.

auto racing commentator

There are three things the average man thinks he can do better than everybody else: build a fire, run a motel and manage a baseball team.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

Rugby League is war without the frills.

Not everyone likes sports… Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind.

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian

I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player

So what if they're taller? We'll play big.

college basketball coach

I made a collect call to the Lions after they drafted me and they wouldn’t accept it.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

Zane Smith is a guy who can shut you out as well as look at you.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.

(1940 – ) Italian-American auto racer

A puck is a hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can’t hit one another. 

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million dollars in the NBA

Canadian hockey player

If there’s a pileup, they’ll have to give some of the players artificial insemination.

(1919 – 2006) American sports announcer

Penn State had less firepower than Sweden did in World War II.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.

American baseball player

By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of the NHL playoff series

(1966 – ) American journalist & novelist

He needed a psychiatrist more than I did.

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder

Boxing is built on bums. How else are you gonna know good from bad? How else is a good boy gonna get on top and get experience unless he fights bums? I tell ya, there's a shortage of bums.

Boxing manager & promoter

And there’s the unmistakable figure of Joe Mercer… or is it Lester Piggott.

British horse racing commentator