Subject: Sports (Page 99)

Frank, you deserve a knighthood, or maybe even Lord of the Rings.

Irish television & radio presenter

Horse racing is animated roulette.

(1927 – ) American author & baseball writer

If I'd known I was going to pitch a no-hitter today, I would have gotten a haircut.

professional baseball player

Golf is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in bad humor.

American football player & coach

The only way to avoid hitting a tree is to aim at it.

Just give every coach the same amount of money and tell them they can keep what’s left over.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

The batsman’s is Holding, the bowler’s Willey.

cricket announcer

He's got a nutritionist, and I've got room service.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

My daughter genuinely asked me to hand her the basketball bat… I might be failing as a father.

(1963 – ) American comedian & author

Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

A fishing rod is a stick with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

I just tape four Tylenols to it.

Russian hockey player

Yesterday Michael Phelps set an all-time Olympic record for most medals. Phelps has so much gold on his chest he's been asked to join the cast of 'Jersey Shore.'

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year… it was my second season in the bigs.

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

From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

Golf without mistakes is like watching haircuts.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

We’re all endowed with God-given talents… mine happens to be hitting people in the head.

American boxing champion

No fighter comes into the ring hoping to win – he goes in hoping to win.

English boxing champion

Goaltenders are three sandwiches shy of a picnic. From the moment primitive man lurched erect, he survived on the principle that when something hard and potentially lethal comes toward you at great velocity, get the hell out of it's path.

Canadian hockey player