Subject: Sports (Page 115)

Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew.

British sports commentator

Unstoppable, Baby!

professional basketball player

When Sandy Koufax retired.

American baseball player

I had some bad days in the field… but I didn’t take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way.

professional baseball player & manager

60 per cent of all the Aussies think Joe Bugner is something you find up the Queensland Premier's nose.

At 180 mph, when your front wheel wants to play pogo stick, you don't do nothing. You don't sneeze, you don't hiccup, you don't even breathe. All you do is point it and hang on.

American motorcycle racer

Grandmother of Eight Makes Hole-In-One

Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject.

college basketball coach

He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

Retire to what?… I'm a golfer and a fisherman; there's nothing to retire to.

professional golfer

Howard Cosell would rather shave a wild lion with a dull razor than fight me. 

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

There are four different cars filling the first four places.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

If I survived the Marines, I can survive Ali.

American boxer

I want to be the fastest woman in the world… in a manner of speaking.

American woman drag racer

I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.

Australian football player

The A's leave after this game for Cleveland. It was only by a 13-12 vote that they decided to go.

Oakland A's announcer

The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name… and they say golf is a quiet game.

They're a little bit like money. You don't want to die with them and give them to your kids, so you might as well use them if you need them.

American football coach

 If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

What’s one more torpedo in a sinking ship?

American football player

National League umpires wear inside chest protesters.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer