Subject: Sports (Page 10)

And he’s done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I guess I’d better send my fingers to Cooperstown.

baseball player

Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.

Scottish football player & manager

Golf isn’t a game, it’s a choice that one makes with one’s life.

screenwriter & producer

I don't fight for legacy. I don't fight for none of that, I fight for that check; I'm in the check cashing business.

American professional boxer

He was asked to throw out the first ball at a World Series game; but … he looked at the ball and, instead of throwing it, he put it in his pocket and sat down.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

They look like two lobsters trying to mate.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base; that relay might get away and you’ve got another shot at him.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

In baseball, you don’t know nothing.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

He’s listed as day to day, but, then again, aren’t we all?

(1956 – ) born Daniel Patrick Pugh, American sportscaster & radio personality

The hockey lockout of 1994-1995 has been settled. They have stopped bickering… and can now get down to some serious bloodshed!

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

When I got up I stuck to my plan… stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

Little League baseball is a good thing ’cause it keeps the parents off the streets, and it keeps the kids out of the house!

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I'm broke and I'm back.

American football player

Golfing excellence goes hand in hand with alcohol, as many an Open and Amateur champion has shown.

British golf writer & commentator

I don’t mean he missed him, but he just didn’t get him when he put the tag on him.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

He offers more shots than a bar tending octopus or an allergist.

American journalist & tennis broadcaster

Everything was fine until I slid left and ran out of talent!

the 'father of drag racing'

He has the touch of a gay hairdresser.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Nigel Mansell is the only man who goes to Nick Faldo for charisma lessons.

English actor & television personality

I don’t think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter