Subject: Sports (Page 4)

 I want a school my football team can be proud of.

(1905 – 1998) botanist, author & University of Oklahoma president

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

cricket commentator

I'd have a better chance of catching flies with chopsticks.

baseball player

He had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.

(1881 – 1965) American Major League Baseball executive

All we need is a little bit of luck and we could explode.

British rugby coach

Tony has a quick look between his legs and likes what he sees.

British commentator

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Three years ago, I couldn't spell author. Now I am one.

Canadian hockey player, coach & commentator

It would have been a good pass if Harry had been playing for us.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

The music sounds better, the wine tastes sweeter and the girls look better when we win.

professional baseball player

I'd spend six months behind bars to have him on my team.

Canadian hockey player & broadcaster

That's the fastest time ever run – but it's not as fast as the world record.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

If you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

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

baseball writer

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

I’ve been dunked on by (Vitaly) Potapenko and now (Zan) Tabak; the good part is that they don’t make posters of those guys.

professional basketball player

The only way to ruin a day like this would be to play golf on it.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

How would you know, Sean? When I was playing you were in your 3rd year of 8th grade?

Canadian hockey player & commentator

You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not; it’s motor racing.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I’m not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they’d come up sliced.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

It’s sort of like a beauty contest; it’s very easy to pick the top one, two, or three girls, but then the rest of them look the same.

professional football scout