Subject: Sports (Page 92)

I don't know, I've never hit myself.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

Every five years, a man has to change his Sox.

professional baseball player & broadcaster

I miss the things like the camaraderie in the gym; I don’t miss being smacked in the mouth every day.

Irish professional boxer

When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)

In basketball, the first person to touch the ball shoots it. Either that or the coach carefully diagrams a set play and then the first player to touch it shoots it.

owner of the Seattle SuperSonics

It’s not over yet.

British professional golfer & commentator

In my sport the quick are too often listed among the dead.

Scottish auto racer

Reporter: What do you think of Tiger Woods?

Lyle: I don’t know; I’ve never played there.

professional golfer

Reporter: Is it true that you’d throw at your own mother.
Gomez: You’re damn right I would, she’s a good hitter.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

Gimme:  An agreement between two losers who can't putt.

(1907 – 1987) American journalist & author

Sean Avery is liked about as much as a rattlesnake at a picnic.

… riding a typical McCoy race where, with five lengths to go, he literally picks up the horse and carries it over the line.

British sports commentator

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

professional football player

Winning is always fun, but the car is more important.

Finnish hockey player

I’m trying to kick your ass… in a nice way.

American professional tennis player

Real golfers, no matter what the provocation, never strike a caddie with the driver; the sand wedge is far more effective.

I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

The Houston Astros are the youngest team in the National League if you judge by age.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

Winning is better than the next worse thing.

American baseball pitcher

As if we don’t have enough violence on television.

(1925 – 2018) U.S. first lady, wife of George H. W. Bush

I'm sorry, sir, I'm not permitted to gamble.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor