Subject: Sports (Page 104)

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

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

If Mike Tyson gets any better, he’ll be hitting Lou Rawls while he sings the National Anthem.

American television personality
Boxing Sports

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet.

American basketball player & broadcaster
Basketball Sports

If Stan (Bowles) could pass a betting shop like he can pass a ball he’d have no trouble at all.

British football manager
Sports

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

Canadian hockey player & broadcaster
Hockey Sports

George Foreman can knock down an oak tree, but oak trees don't move.

American boxing trainer
Boxing Sports

More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager.

American baseball manager
Baseball Sports

A lot of good ballgames on tomorrow, but we’re going to be right here with the Cubs and the Mets.

baseball broadcaster
Baseball Misspokements Sports

The two most important jobs in America are held by foreigners – room service and goal-kicking.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator
Occupations People Sports Work

Golfing: The art of using a flawed stance, a faulty grip, and an ugly swing to hit a small ball badly toward the wrong hole.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)
Sports

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

screenwriter & producer
Golf Sports

I just hope she doesn't start before I go in the Hall of Fame. That way, I won't have to kill anybody before I get inducted.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
Basketball Dating Relationships Sports

The Phillies beat the Cubs today in a doubleheader and that puts another keg in the Cubs’ coffin.

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

Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Characteristics Yogi-isms

It was like skating inside a pop can.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

I managed good but, boy, did they play bad.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach
Baseball Misspokements Sports

It’s basically the same, just darker.

stock car racer
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

I told him I wasn’t tired; he told me, ‘No, but the outfielders sure are.’

professional baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

One of the advantages bowling has over golf is that you seldom lose a bowling ball.

(1926 – ) professional bowler
Golf Sports

They say a tie is like kissing your sister; I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

(1937 – ) football coach, sportscaster, author & speaker
Football Sports

Only if it's held in a phone booth.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports