Subject: Sports (Page 14)

Always keep in mind that if God didn't want a man to have mulligans, golf balls wouldn't come three to a sleeve.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

Underdog, overdog, hotdog; I guess you want to be an underdog – but an underdog with the best team.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

They can’t hit it while I’m standing here holding it.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame – Southern Methodist University game and doesn’t care who wins.

(1890 – 1969) 34th U.S. president, U.S. Army General

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

American boxing champion

The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

My best score ever was 103. But I've only been playing fifteen years.

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

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

American sportswriter

The least thing upsets him on the links; he missed short putts because of the uproar of butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

We know we’re better than this, but we can’t prove it.

American baseball player

Anglers think they are divining some primeval natural force by outwitting a fish, a creature that never even got out of the evolutionary starting gate.

(1954 – ) American comedian, writer & musician

If you know how to cheat, start now

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager

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

It was an ideal day for football – too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

The Houston Astros are the youngest team in the National League if you judge by age.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco, and nod at the stupid things your manager says.

American baseball pitcher

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host

I’ve never been swimming, and that’s because it’s never been more than half an hour since I last ate.

(1967 – ) American comedian, actor, radio personality & author

A re-match with Eubank is not in my plans. I'm not interested in him because he's got nothing I want… except a Harley-Davidson motorbike.

British boxer

Why should I smile? They’d be throwing things at me if I lost.

English jockey