Subject: Sports (Page 112)

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year… it was my second season in the bigs.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

Sometimes you think they must have come out of the chimp cages at the Bronx zoo.

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

Frank Bruno says I'm chicken. Well you can tell him I've come home to roost.

American boxer

Joe Bugner fought Bruno like the objective of boxing was to get hit on the jaw.

boxing film collector

Yeah… it’s called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Really, there are none. We traded him for a 10th round pick in a nine-round draft.

professional hockey player

A tie is like kissing your sister.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

He slides into second with a stand up double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Pose nude for Playgirl? … I wouldn't pose nude for Boxing News.

English boxer

 This job is better than I could get if I used my college degree, which, at this point, I can't remember what it was in.

professional football player

Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

sportswriter

My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves.

American boxer

Hawaii doesn’t win many games in the United States.

Indiana University football coach & sports commentator

Your financial cost can best be figured out when you realize that if you were to devote the same time and energy to business instead of golf, you would be a millionaire in approximately six weeks.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor

Sure, the home-field is an advantage — but so is having a lot of talent.

(1961 – ) American football player

Tommy Smith wasn’t born, he was quarried.

Scottish football player & manager

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

The goal is too small and the goalies are too big.

Canadian hockey coach

Winning isn’t everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.

1913 – 1983) American college football coach

Cleveland is trying to win the championship and Detroit has one foot in Cancun.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality