Subject: Sports (Page 95)

There are younger Aztec ruins.

sportswriter & newspaper columnist
Age Baseball Old Sports

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

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

… when we came in at halftime we pulled off our socks and began putting iodine on the teeth marks in our legs.

American football player & coach
Football Sports

It's kind of like tumbling around inside a giant clothes-drier.

American motorcycle racer
Sports

The least thing upsets him on the links; he missed short putts because of the uproar of butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist
Characteristics Golf Sports

Mike's like a Gershwin or Beethoven. You go for the quality of the performance, not the longevity of it.

(1931 – ) American boxing promoter
Boxing Sports

To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
Activities Life Sports

He is the best left fielder the Cardinals have, the best center fielder they have, the best first baseman they have. He is, in short, the best ball club in St. Louis and one of the best in the world.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter
Baseball Sports

He hits from both sides of the plate; he’s amphibious.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Yogi-isms

The Phillies beat the Cubs today in a doubleheader and that puts another keg in the Cubs’ coffin.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Washington: first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.

(1860 – 1931) American baseball writer & humorist
Baseball Sports

Horse racing is animated roulette.

(1927 – ) American author & baseball writer
Sports

My girlfriend boos when we make love because she knows it turns me on.

Puerto Rican boxer
Boxing Sports

Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor
Age Golf Sports

Chappell just stood on his feet and smashed it to the boundary.

cricket commentator
Misspokements Sports

There'll be two buses leaving the hotel for the park tomorrow. The two o'clock bus will be for those of you who need a little extra work. The empty bus will leave at five o'clock.

professional baseball manager
Sports

 If you're a coach, NFL stands for "Not For Long."

professional football & TV commentator
Football Occupations Sports

I'll decide when to write my own obituary.

English cricketer
Misspokements Sports

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter
Baseball Sports

To win in the slowest possible time.

Australian race car driver
Auto racing Sports