Subject: Sports (Page 91)

Can I bite him?

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

Let me know if Cain is able.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

If you can’t make the putts and can’t get the man in from second on the bottom of the ninth, you’re not going to win enough football games in this league, and that’s the problem we had today.

football coach

That's one of the best sets I've seen him play[Tomas Zib] – although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before

American professional tennis player

He can run anytime he wants; I’m giving him the red light.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

So what? I can play Smoke on the Water.

American hockey goaltender

Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.

(1918 – 2001) American sportswriter, commentator & actor

There are three things the average man thinks he can do better than everybody else: build a fire, run a motel and manage a baseball team.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

The A's leave after this game for Cleveland. It was only by a 13-12 vote that they decided to go.

Oakland A's announcer

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

We got to practice a little bit. I want these guys to be bouncing around like a pogo stick on Viagra.

football coach

They write more books.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing – but none of them serious.

English professional boxer

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

You should always throw a club ahead of you so that you don’t have to walk any extra distance to get it.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

Well, there goes our 26-game hitting streak.

baseball manager

I don’t fear death, but I sure don’t like those three-footers for par.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

Give Chris a finger like I did and she’ll take the whole hand.

German professional tennis player

Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

Have another donut you fat pig!

Canadian hockey player & general manager

I don't mind starting the season with a bunch of unknowns. I just don't like finishing a season with a bunch of them.

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