Subject: Sports (Page 123)

Mexicans are always tough with lots of heart; Koreans raw and gritty; the poor British tend to stand up straight and take it on the chops, bleeding almost before the opening bell.

Canadian sportswriter
Boxing People Sports

We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but… uh… [smile]

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

Any guy who would pass up a chance to see Sam Snead play golf would pull the shades driving past the Taj Mahal.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Golf Sports

Because there are no fours.

professional basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

I only have one goal in each stick.

Czech ice hockey player
Hockey Sports

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

American sportswriter
Boxing Sports

We have fifty-one golf courses in Palm Springs; he (Gerald Ford) never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.

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

Kerry, don’t sell yourself short. You’ve made far worse calls than that.

hockey broadcaster
Hockey Sports

The two most important jobs in America are held by foreigners – room service and goal-kicking.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator
Occupations People Sports Work

That's the fastest time ever run – but it's not as fast as the world record.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

The only way we could have, was to have shot him before the game started.

Canadian hockey player & coach
Hockey Sports

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

Indiana University football coach & sports commentator
Football Misspokements Sports

The stopwatch has stopped. It's up to God and the referee now. The referee is Pat Horan. God is God.

Irish Gaelic games commentator
God Sports

Cycling's a good thing for the youngsters, because it keeps them off the streets.

Children Sports

His potatoes kept getting cut eyes.

English boxing journalist & commentator
Boxing Sports

My beard is the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's look good.

American basketball player
Basketball People Self Sports

You won't find a single four-letter word in there… I don't go for that bullshit.

(1918 – ) American baseball pitcher
Baseball Books Communication Sports

I’ve won at every level, except college and pro.

American basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

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

Murphy’s Laws Sports

Give Chris a finger like I did and she’ll take the whole hand.

German professional tennis player
Sports

Pudge is so old, they didn’t have history class when he went to school.

professional baseball player & broadcaster
Age Baseball Old Sports