Subject: Sports (Page 81)

Louise Goodman to British racing driver Johnny Herbert: Johnny, it's started to rain, how will that affect the track?

Herbert’s reply: Well, it makes it wet usually.

British racing driver

Early in the year, after a bad game, I said to my kids in the car, this is my last year and the next day I was getting phone calls from the school about whether I was retiring.  And that was in October.

(1961 – ) Canadian hockey player & owner

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

I've got a tip on the market for you fellows, buy Pennsylvania Railroad – because by tomorrow night about a dozen of you bums will be riding on it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I sure hope you’re staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

How would you know, Sean? When I was playing you were in your 3rd year of 8th grade?

Canadian hockey player & commentator

Managing a baseball team is like trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

American baseball player

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

Let me know if Cain is able.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

(1956 – ) American comedian

Golf, especially championship golf, isn't supposed to be fun, was never meant to be fair, and never will make any sense.

author

When he gets mad, it's like he's in another world. He'll look at you with those big eyes and they'll be going around in circles.

professional hockey player

My theory is that if you buy an ice-cream cone and make it hit your mouth, you can learn to play tennis. If you stick it on your forehead, your chances aren’t as good.

American tennis player, instructor & broadcaster

One day Don King will asphyxiate by the force of his own exhaust.

boxing trainer

Only a stupid golfer throws his club behind him; the smart golfer throws his club ahead so he can pick it up on the way to the next hole.

I'm in favor of drug tests, just so long as they are multiple choice.

American basketball player & coach

I sight down my nose to shoot, and now my nose isn't straight since I broke it. That's why my shooting has been off.

American basketball player

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

American boxing champion

War is hell, but expansion is worse.

hockey coach

He could hit .300 with a fountain pen.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

Every man’s life, liberty, and property are in danger when the Legislature is in session.

(1782 – 1852) American statesman, senator (Massachusetts) & writer