Subject: Sports (Page 120)

I don't think he'd even be happy with ice cream right now.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

Golf is the most fun you can have without taking your clothes off.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

The lights are shining quite darkly.

cricket commentator

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Swimming isn’t a sport; it’s just a way to keep from drowning.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

I’ll bet the hardest thing about prize fightin’ is pickin’ up yer teeth with a boxin’ glove on.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Floyd Patterson is everything a world heavyweight champion should be… except busy.

American boxing champion

If (Pete) Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

And he’s done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

We’re trying to accomplish in five games what in previous years it took 162 games to do.

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

I told them sandwiches.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

Gentlemen, start your coffins.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

My uncle always described an unforced error as his first marriage.

American journalist & tennis broadcaster

You can't see a digital clock because there isn't one.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

He's great to the old guys. He's got one trainer just to treat varicose veins.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

Stroke-Of-Luck: Hole-in-One.

I grabbed it and squeezed it back into place. It gave a little crunch and popped right in.

Canadian hockey player

Managing a baseball team is like trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

American baseball player

He can do it the hard way, get beat up for 12 rounds and end up in the hospital. Or, he can do it the easy way, get hit on the chin and go to sleep.

American boxer

Daneyko got mad when Kaminski said he was going to knock his teeth out. Dano only has two teeth left, so you can't say that to Dano.

Canadian hockey player & coach

Maybe that will distract the Falcon quarterback.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach