Subject: Sports (Page 83)

You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

He has everything a boxer needs except speed, stamina, a punch, and ability to take punishment. In other words, he owns a pair of shorts.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

If you have everyone back from a team that lost 10 games, experience isn't too important.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I know it's said that I can't punch, but you should see me putting the cat out at night.

boxer

Maybe I have lost a step, but I had a few to lose.

professional football player

No matter how strong the breeze when you leave the dock, once you have reached the furthest point from port the wind will die.

I slept like a baby. Every two hours I woke up and cried.

Canadian hockey coach

Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen; soccer is a gentlemen's game played by beasts; football is a beastly game played by beasts.

I got hit in the head pretty hard. My clock ran backwards for two years.

American auto racer

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

It's not whether you win or lose, but who gets the blame.

American football player

Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.

professional baseball player

Gehringer goes two for five on Opening Day and stays that way all season.

American baseball pitcher

You don’t realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth.

(1931 – 1995) American baseball player

There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

There was so much barging and shoving; it was like trying to get into a Glasgow pub on a Saturday night.

Scottish distance runner

Harmon Killebrew has enough power to hit home runs in any park – including Yellowstone.

American professional baseball player, manager & executive

Driving a race car is like dancing with a chainsaw.

American auto racer

They write more books.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach