Subject: Sports (Page 121)

Give a man a fish and he has food for a day; teach him how to fish and you can get rid of him forf the entire weekend.


Activities Sports

Maybe that will distract the Falcon quarterback.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

I’m undisputed. There's no disputing that.

British and Canadian boxing champion
Boxing Misspokements Sports

I got a guy who's short, stoop shouldered and balding with two left feet. They all look better than he does as far as the moves are concerned, but they don't look so good on the canvas.

American boxing trainer
Boxing Sports

Fans never fall asleep at our games because they're afraid they might get hit with a pass.

American basketball coach
Basketball Sports

Golf is a game in which you yell ‘fore,’ shoot six, and write down five.

(1918 – 2009) radio broadcaster
Golf Sports

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

I’m not dropping a bar of soap in the shower near [kicker] Garo Yepremian.

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

Golf is a better game played downhill.

(1940 – ) professional golfer
Golf Sports

We didn’t have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer.

(1925 – ) American professional football player
Beer Food/Drink Football Sports

He’s shown a lack of inconsistency.

Malaprops Sports

I go from locker to locker, pretending the guys are here. You know, give them a little bit of a pep talk. It must be working, because we haven't lost a game yet.

hockey coach
Hockey Sports

At 15 we put down my bag to hunt for a ball, found the ball, lost the bag.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer
Golf Sports

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season… one word and one word only – Super Bowl.

football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

When I broke in, they didn’t have bats – we just grabbed the branch of a tree.

American baseball pitcher
Age Baseball Sports

In the back of Hughes' mind must be the thought that he will dance down the piss and mitch one.


Sports Wordplay

Most of his home runs were hit on artificial turf.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Yogi-isms

Not being born to parents who were accountants was probably my biggest mistake.

British boxing champion
Boxing Miscellaneous Sports

I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn’t have to go so fast.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Sports Time

Knuckleball: A curveball that doesn't give a damn.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist
Baseball Sports

Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally Moses doubling down the right-field line.


Baseball Sports