Subject: Sports (Page 97)

Hockey is a sport for white men; basketball is a sport for black men; golf is a sport for white men dressed like pimps.

professional golfer

When you hear someone shout "You da man" – if he ain't shouting at Arnold Palmer, then it ain't da man. 

newspaper sports columnist

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I'm concentrating so much I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

British boxer

Because there are no fours.

professional basketball player

I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.

American football player

I never lost my job while I was leading a race.

American auto racer

Well I don't know which one has more money but I'll tell you what… either one could burn a wet mule with hundred dollar bills.

American auto racer

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

Finnish hockey player

I don't think he'd even be happy with ice cream right now.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Better teams win more often than the teams that are not so good.

professional hockey coach

You out rebounded a dead man by one.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

If (Pete) Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The remedy, right now, is two scotches and an aspirin, I think.

Boston Bruins general manager

Ban On Boxing After Death

Sports is the toy department of human life, and Monday Night Football is the largest attraction in the toy department.

(1918 – 1995) American sports journalist & television commentator

And the line-up for the final of the Women’s 400 meters hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

In golf, I'm one under; one under a tree, one under a rock, and one under a bush…

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

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

American professional tennis player

I’m not fat.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor