Subject: Sports (Page 78)

My game is so bad I gotta hire three caddies – one to walk the left rough, one for the right rough, and one down the middle. And the one down the middle doesn't have much to do.

American professional golfer
Golf Sports

Contrary to the old wives' tale that bloody-minded trainers put around, a little love-in before the main event can do you more good than a rub-down with The Sporting Life.

English boxer
Boxing Sex Sports

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Yogi-isms

It’s never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn’t.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports Yogi-isms

I had some bad days in the field… but I didn’t take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way.

professional baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

He (Satchel Paige) threw the ball as far from the bat and as close to the plate as possible.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

They’ve taken the foot off Johnny Grubb… uh, they’ve taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Man that guy is ripped! I mean, I've got the washboard stomach, too. It's just that mine has about two months of laundry on top of it.

Canadian hockey player
Appearance Body Hockey Sports

The people who gave us golf and called it a game are the same people who gave us bag pipes and called it music.

Entertainment Golf Music Sports

This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us.

American singer & songwriter (Aerosmith)
Hockey Sports

The pub is as much a part of rugby as is the playing field.

Food/Drink Sports

I told Zollie Volchok [Sonics general manager] we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.

American basketball player & coach
Basketball Entertainment Music Sports

Cricket shouldn't be used as a political football.

English cricketer
Misspokements Sports

No, I don't fight anybody I played against in Juniors. I think everyone I played Juniors with is dead now.

Canadian hockey player & coach
Hockey Sports

The Rangers dropped out of the lead June 16 with a loss that will be forever remembered as the forgettable debut of lefthander Matt Perisho.

sports reporter
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I was really enjoying my ride and just thinking how beautiful it was here and the next minute I was picking gravel out of my head.

Australian equestrian rider
Sports

Grandmother of Eight Makes Hole-In-One

Headlines Sports

In the Moscow Olympics Lasse Viren came in fifth and ran a champion’s race.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

Being an umpire is like being a king… it prepares you for nothing.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire
Baseball Sports

An hour after the game, you want to go out and play them again.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach
Baseball Sports

Is that the best game you ever pitched?

Baseball Misspokements Sports