Subject: Sports (Page 15)

Owww… it caught ‘em right in the pants area.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer

The lights are shining quite darkly.

cricket commentator

The only thing you should force in a golf swing is the club back in the bag.

American professional golfer

I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb… it took me only a few days to correct that impression.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Colleges spend more money on the promotion of the Heisman than the Pentagon spends on toilets.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

If you had come with me, you could be the principal of a high school by now.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Girls used to come up to me and say, “My sister loves you.” Now they say, “My mother loves you.”

baseball player

Spencer’s running across field calling out, ‘Come inside me, come inside me.’

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

You don't hit with your face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The guy that designed girls’ volleyball uniforms definitely never had daughters.

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian

Look at him (Bobby Richardson) – he doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t chew, he doesn’t stay out late, and he still can’t hit .250.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I've got a tip on the market for you fellows, buy Pennsylvania Railroad – because by tomorrow night about a dozen of you bums will be riding on it.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down a fairly small area indoors and stuff the ball into a ring with Madonna's dress hanging on it.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract.

professional football player

Three things can happen when you put a [foot]ball in the air – and two of them are bad.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

I don't think he's got much of a future here, because I plan on going to all the games.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

American basketball player

The Houston Astros play in a vast indoor stadium known as the Astrodome, but the problem is they field a half-vast team.

American baseball player

When Neil Armstong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object; I knew immediately what it was… that was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

You have to treat death like any other part of life.

American auto racer