Subject: Sports (Page 99)

Rookie Wilson was candidate for Mookie of the Year.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Sports

You have to treat death like any other part of life.

American auto racer
Auto racing Death Sports

Football kickers are like taxi cabs… you can always go out and hire another one.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator
Football Sports

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer
Activities Sports

I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher; he said, ‘Dave Wehrmeister’s got 11 letters… is that a big enough name for you?

White Sox owner
Baseball Misspokements

They're a little bit like money. You don't want to die with them and give them to your kids, so you might as well use them if you need them.

American football coach
Football Sports

His detractors faulted him for over managing and for giving more signs than the Coast Guard.

baseball writer
Baseball Sports

Trade Steve Yzerman? That's like asking me if I want to trade my son Jason for the kid next door.

Canadian hockey coach & politician
Hockey

To say a good defensive center is more important than a high-scoring forward is like saying that the intestinal tract is more vital than the circulatory system.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

He just got me in the right spot. In the small of the back. A good, clean, dirty hit… not that I didn't deserve it.

American hockey player
Hockey Sports

Owww… it caught ‘em right in the pants area.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer
Hockey Misspokements Sports

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place… but not much.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor
Golf Sports

Jack Dempsey hits like an epileptic pile-driver.

Boxing Sports

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Baseball Sports

He went to the hospital with bleeding kidneys, and me… I went dancing with my wife.

Canadian boxing champion
Boxing Sports

Any umpire who claims he has never missed a play is… well, an umpire.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire
Baseball Mistakes Problems 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

Floyd Patterson is everything a world heavyweight champion should be… except busy.

American boxing champion
Boxing Sports

I can do my sport no greater service.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

Being in politics is like being a football coach: you have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it’s important.

Education Government Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Politics Sports

He can run, but he can't hide.

(1914 – 1981) American boxing champion
Boxing Sports