Subject: Sports

These ball boys are marvellous; you don’t even notice them; there’s a left-handed one over there that I noticed earlier.

Tennis commentator

They expect an umpire to be perfect on opening day and to improve as the season goes on.

American baseball umpire

Linford Christie’s got a habit of pulling it out when it matters most.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

You know what they say about big hitters… the woods are full of them.

(1910 – 1983) professional golfer

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.

The only really unplayable lie I can think of is when you're supposed to be playing golf and come home with lipstick on your collar.

(1929 – 2016) American golfer

The bum was up and down so many times I thought he was an Otis elevator.

boxing trainer & manager

John Daly's longer than Greg Norman… he’s even longer than War and Peace.

American sports columnist

Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Oi, leave our flies alone, Jardine. They’re the only friends you’ve got here.

Stephen Gascoigne (1878 – 1942) Australian sports fan & heckler

Your clubs.

(1916 – 1987) television actor & comedian

You can't expect Mr. Ed to keep up with Secretariat.

baseball player

Golf is not so much a sport as an insult to lawns.

In my prime I could have handled Michael Jordan; of course, he would have been only 12 years old.

American basketball player & coach

A lot of things run through your head when you’re going in to relieve in a tight spot… one of them was, “Should I spike myself?”

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

I told her they must be all sold out.

Canadian hockey player

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

It's like an octopus falling out of a tree.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself.

(1923 – 2013) American professional football coach

The biggest liar in the world is the golfer who claims that he plays the game merely for exercise.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

He's not twins.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach