Subject: Sports (Page 124)

One night we play like King Kong, the next night like Fay Wray.

American baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

It has made the richest prize in sport the richest prize in sport.

American boxer
Boxing Misspokements Sports

I threw the kitchen sink at him, but he went to the bathroom and got his tub.


Sports

Playing football in the morning is like eating cabbage for breakfast.

Football Sports

It looks like he has a divot over each ear.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator
Golf Sports

A mediocre player will sink to the level of his or her opposition.

Games Murphy’s Laws Sports

Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000.

English football player & analyst
Misspokements Sports

When Lew was a twenty game winner for the Milwaukee Braves, people needed three columns for his pitching record: won, lost and relative humidity.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter
Baseball Sports

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.

professional basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

One hundred years of experience has demonstrated that the game is temporary insanity practiced in a pasture.

American sports journalist
Golf 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

I'm just glad it wasn't machete night.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

We went to Alaska once and they made us honorary Alaskans. Then we went to Hawaii and they made us honorary Hawaiians. We're going to the Virgin Islands this year.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Basketball Places Sports

The only good thing about playing for Cleveland is you don't have to make road trips there.

American baseball player
Baseball Places Sports

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

Reggie Smith of the Dodgers and Gary Matthews of the homers hit Braves in that game.

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

I’m going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time.

professional football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

Watching Phil Mickelson play golf is like watching a drunk chasing a balloon near the edge of a cliff.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator
Golf Sports

A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men's singles event.

American comedian
Dating Relationships Sports

They had us with the walls to our back.

professional baseball player & manage
Misspokements Sports

When your are playing for the national championship, it’s not a matter of life or death… it’s more important than that.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach
Sports