Subject: Sports (Page 76)

Daneyko got mad when Kaminski said he was going to knock his teeth out. Dano only has two teeth left, so you can't say that to Dano.

Canadian hockey player & coach

I grabbed it and squeezed it back into place. It gave a little crunch and popped right in.

Canadian hockey player

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.

(1907 – 1987) American journalist & author

That sounded like he hit a roll of wet toilet paper.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Here’s a guy who when he runs, he moves faster.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

This is lap 54; after that, it’s 55, 56, 57, 58.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

You need two yards, I'll get you three. You need 10 yards, I'll get you three.

American football player

I used to go to the driving range to practice driving without slicing; now I go to the driving range to practice slicing without swearing.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

My golf is improving… yesterday I hit the ball in one!

This fight will be the nastiest thing you'll ever see; I've been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

The (orange) uniforms were already picked out by the time I got here. I didn't give it too much thought until I saw our buses and I said, `My God, we're dressed just like that bus.'

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but… uh… [smile]

Canadian hockey player

He's about 3′1″… I tell him to get his nose off my kneecap.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

I like to play in the low 70′s… if it gets any hotter than that I’ll stay in the bar!

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Enos Cabell started here with the Astros… and before that he was with the Orioles.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

American basketball player & coach

He was asked to throw out the first ball at a World Series game; but … he looked at the ball and, instead of throwing it, he put it in his pocket and sat down.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

When they list the great things of the 20th Century, they’ll say, penicillin, Sophia Loren, jet travel and ESPN.

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

Dance with the one what brung ya.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

professional golfer

I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my teammates – they did a lot of missing.

professional basketball player