Subject: Sports (Page 105)

Francesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi.

American sportswriter

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.

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

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

(1770 – 1850) English Romantic poet

Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

Golf is a good walk spoiled.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Putting allows the touchy golfer two to four opportunities to blow a gasket in the short space of two to forty feet.

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

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

(1916 – 2008) American professional golfer

Grandmother of Eight Makes Hole-In-One

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

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

The Mets have gotten their leadoff hitter on base only once in this inning.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

That puck would have gone in the net if not for the goalie.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer

I’m trying to kick your ass… in a nice way.

American professional tennis player

It was gone before it got outta here; it was going that fast.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Muhammad Ali was on a plane when a stewardess asked him to fasten his seat belt. Ali told the lady: Superman don't need no seat belt.
The stewardess told the champ: Superman don't need no plane!

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

It's not very often you get to see the Lone Ranger and Toronto in the same night.

baseball manager

Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.

(1917 – 1963) 35th U.S. president

Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.


(1918 – 2002) American baseball player

“Hell, Lou, it took fifteen years to get you out of a game; sometimes I’m out in fifteen minutes.”

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player