Subject: Sports (Page 89)

Defensively the Red Sox are a lot like Stonehenge. They are old, they don't move, and no one is certain why they are positioned the way they are.

American sportswriter

Boxing is a great exercise… as long as you can yell 'cut' whenever you want to.

(1946 – ) American actor

I have a lifetime contract. That means I can't be fired during the third quarter if we're ahead and moving the ball.

(1937 – ) football coach, sportscaster, author & speaker

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

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

These ball boys are marvellous; you don’t even notice them; there’s a left-handed one over there that I noticed earlier.

Tennis commentator

I read the greens in Spanish, but putt in English.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever; and all those times are at 1500 meters.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Fore: A golf bawl.

Fairway: The well-kept and seldom used portion of a golf course.

Sam Snead was born with a natural ability to keep his bar bills as low as his golf scores.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

The trial began in Lake Charles, Louisiana of a jockey accused of hiding his horse in dense fog to win a race at Evangeline Downs.

I’m having problems with my putting; but it’s the puttee, not the putter.

professional golfer

I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

I just stood there watching him walk past and thinking, ‘I don’t know what that is, but I know there weren’t two of them on Noah’s Ark.’

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

If a man can f**k and drive race cars… man… I mean, what else-is there?

American auto racer

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

What goes up must come down.  But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

He brings something special. I don’t know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn’t understand his answer.

(1961 – ) Canadian hockey player & owner

I had Bernard Taylor five rounds ahead going into their fifth round.

English professional boxer

It's a good thing Babe Ruth isn't still with the Yankees. If he was, George Steinbrenner would have him bat seventh and say he's overweight.

American baseball player

I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb… it took me only a few days to correct that impression.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager