Subject: Sports (Page 123)

Golf is not a game, it’s bondage; it was obviously devised by a man torn with guilt, eager to atone for his sins.

Some people say George Foreman is fit as a fiddle, but I think he looks more like a cello.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

There aren't many secrets in coaching…. well, there's one secret: Get a guy like Warrick Dunn, throw him a screen pass and watch him run 52 yards with it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Arthur 'Dazzy' Vance could throw a cream puff through a battleship.

American baseball player

The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.

When Lee Trevino and Jack Nicklaus come in, I'll caddie for Jack.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

How can you call a foul on my man for using his eye to foul the other team’s player on his elbow?

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

If I wasn't a golfer, I would still be miserable – but not as miserable.

(1947 – ) American comedian, writer, actor & television producer

 You mean in the state?

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

There are two things you can do with your head down– play golf and pray.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer

If it comes down to taking care of my mother in her old age and taking care of my center fielder in his young age, I hope she understands.

Owner of the Seattle Mariners

University: A modern school where football is taught.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I wish I had put ballet shoes on him and not boxing gloves.

He's about 3′1″… I tell him to get his nose off my kneecap.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

Doubles: Tennis game played by athletic couples who wish to burn a few calories while arguing.

I want to be like Maxwell House coffee – good to the last drop.

professional baseball player

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Football coaches walk across the field after the game and pretend to congratulate the opposing coach; baseball managers head right for the beer.

American sportswriter

They've played on grass and they've played on Astroturf. What they should do is put down a layer of paper in Candlestick Park. After all, the Giants always look good on paper.

(1934 – 2005) American radio personality

If you have everyone back from a team that lost 10 games, experience isn't too important.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I wouldn’t ever set out to hurt anybody deliberately unless it was, you know, important – like a league game or something.

professional football player