Subject: Sports (Page 116)

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(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

Then I was skinnier, I hit it better, I putted better, and I could see better… other than that, everything is the same.

professional golfer

He’s shown a lack of inconsistency.

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.

(1925 – 2001) actor & musician

No matter how strong the breeze when you leave the dock, once you have reached the furthest point from port the wind will die.

For those of us who are baseball fans and agnostics, the [Baseball] Hall of Fame is as close to a religious experience as we may ever get.

American author

Football kickers are like taxi cabs… you can always go out and hire another one.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

If our goalies were in a divorce case, they could sue for lack of support and be millionaires tomorrow.

Canadian hockey player & broadcaster

A golf match is a test of your skill against your opponents' luck.

A Mexican won the Boston Marathon two years ago; he wasn’t even in the race; he was just running down the street.

(1953 – ) American comedian & actor

To Dallas Cowboys President Tex Schramm: You're one of the two most efficient organizations in the 20th century.

Schramm: What's the other?

Cook: The Third Reich.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

His legs turned to spaghetti and I was all over him like the sauce.

American boxer

A professional will tell you the amount of flex you need in the shaft of your club. The more the flex, the more strength you will need to break the thing over your knees.

George Chuvalo's best punch is a left cheek to the right glove.

American sportswriter

If you watch a game, it’s fun; if you play it, it’s recreation; if you work at it, it’s golf.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

I may be the only golfer never to have broken a single putter; if you don't count the one I twisted and threw into a bush.

American sportswriter

He shortened my career having to chase him around the ice all the time.

Canadian ice hockey player & coach

Golf is like love. One day you think you are too old and the next day you want to do it again.

Argentinian professional golfer

Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

For most amateurs, the best wood in the bag… the pencil!

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

It’s Steffi’s [Graf] forehand off both sides.

(1954 – ) American professional tennis player