Subject: Sports (Page 94)

If I knew he was gonna throw a no-hitter, I would have thrown one too.

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

The audience are literally electrified and glued to their seats.

BBC commentator
Misspokements Sports

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager
Baseball Education Learning Sports

Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula… and it took a 7 to do that.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Golf Sports

You can, legally, possibly hit and kill a fellow golfer with a ball, and there will not be a lot of trouble because the other golfers will refuse to stop and be witnesses, because they will want to keep playing.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Golf Sports

We’re not attempting to circumcise the rules.

football coach
Football Malaprops Sports

He can run, but he can't hide.

(1914 – 1981) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

I’m glad you’re doing this story on us and not on the WNBA; we’re so much prettier than all the other women in sports.

professional tennis player
Misspokements Sports

Fairway: A narrow strip of closely mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.

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

When Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in, I'll caddie for Jack.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer
Golf Sports

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

American baseball pitcher & announcer
Age Baseball Misspokements Sports

Baseball is like church…. many attend, few understand.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports

Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down a fairly small area indoors and stuff the ball into a ring with Madonna's dress hanging on it.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter
Basketball Sports

Gossage puts guys like me on his cereal for breakfast. He's the most intimidating pitcher I've ever seen.

baseball player
Baseball Sports

[tees off] Fore! [his ball hits Judge Smails in the crotch] … I should have yelled, “Two!”

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor
Golf Sports TV/Movie Quotes

He can make the ball look so small that you're not even sure why there's a practical reason for being up there.

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

I didn’t get a lot of awards as a player… but they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor
Baseball Self Sports

Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon.

baseball player
Baseball Sports

It is better to give a lick than receive one.

American football player
Football Sports

Golf, especially championship golf, isn't supposed to be fun, was never meant to be fair, and never will make any sense.

author
Golf Sports

Magri has to do well against the unknown Mexican who comes from a famous family of five boxing brothers.

British sports commentator
Boxing Misspokements Sports