Subject: Sports (Page 94)

I play in the low 80's. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play.

(1902 – 1971) American comedian & singer
Golf Heat Science/Weather Sports

I had all my own teeth and I wanted to keep it that way.

American baseball player
Hockey Sports

Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally Moses doubling down the right-field line.


Baseball Sports

The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

Croatian professional tennis player
Sports

Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.

American baseball player, manager & executive
Baseball Eating Food/Drink Sports

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

Canadian hockey coach
Hockey Sports

Brooks [Robinson] never asked anyone to name a candy bar after him; in Baltimore, people named their children after him.

sports writer
Baseball Sports

It's like an octopus falling out of a tree.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator
Golf Sports

My teeth weren't that good to begin with, so hopefully I can get some better ones.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

Absentee: A missing golfing peg.

Definitions Golf Sports

Fred Titmus has two short legs, one of them square.

Misspokements Sports

Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner is a first-and-ten capitalist in a bunt-and-run world.

American sportswriter
Baseball Communication Sports

Half the game is mental; the other half is being mental. 

Canadian hockey player & sports reporter
Hockey Sports

… standing there making a sitting target of himself.

English boxing manager & trainer
Boxing Misspokements Sports

Gentlemen, start your coffins.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Auto racing Sports

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player
Baseball Places Sports

He offers more shots than a bar tending octopus or an allergist.

American journalist & tennis broadcaster
Sports

I’m not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they’d come up sliced.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer
Golf Sports

I know being a linesman is a thankless job, especially with guys like me around.

American professional tennis player
Sports

He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager
Boxing Misspokements Sports