Subject: Sports (Page 124)

It tastes like any other sport drink.

Japanese marathoner
Misspokements Sports

Because if it doesn't work out, I don't want to blow the whole day.

American football player
Football Marriage Sports

It’s hard to play a guy who rattles his medals while you’re putting.

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

At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat; that costs money and we don't have any.

Georgia Southern football coach
Football Sports

By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of the NHL playoff series

(1966 – ) American journalist & novelist
Conflict Hockey Sports

Speed has never killed anyone – suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.

English broadcaster, journalist & writer
Auto racing Sports

I don’t like to watch golf on television because I can’t stand people who whisper.

(1936 – 2014) American standup comedian, actor & author
Golf Speech Sports Television

Tennis is like marrying for money; ‘love’ means nothing.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress
Emotions Love Marriage Sports

My biggest problem in the big leagues is that I can't figure out how to spend forty-three dollars in meal money.

baseball player
Baseball Sports

It was the toughest seven-man zone we faced all year.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Basketball Sports

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did… they were something special… they were like homing pigeons; the ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

Your clubs.

(1916 – 1987) television actor & comedian
Golf Sports

I don’t have any tricky plays, I’d rather have tricky players.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Basketball Sports

My God, kids today think that the laces are for tying up the gloves.

American boxer
Boxing Sports

You can put that in one word… world class darts!

British sports commentator
Sports

The luge is the only Olympic event where you could have people competing in it against their will, and it would look exactly the same.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor
Sports

Whenever they gave him the game ball, he ate it.

American football player
Football Sports

I'd like to play Columbus. [of the International League]

American hockey player
Hockey Sports

As an intellectual, he bestowed upon the games of golf and bridge all the enthusiasm and perseverance that he withheld from his books and ideas.

(1920 – 1982) foreign bureau chief, editor & speechwriter
Characteristics Golf Insults Intelligence

All I’m asking for is what I want.

professional baseball player
Misspokements Sports

My girlfriend boos when we make love because she knows it turns me on.

Puerto Rican boxer
Boxing Sports