Subject: Sports (Page 2)

 When I'm on the road, my greatest ambition is to get a standing boo.

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

Rugby: A game played by gentlemen with odd-shaped balls.

Definitions Sports

The audience are literally electrified and glued to their seats.

BBC commentator
Misspokements Sports

Every time I hear the name Joe Louis my nose starts to bleed.

British boxing champion
Boxing Sports

What goes up must come down.  But don't expect it to come down where you can find it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer
Golf Sports

If a guy is a good fastball hitter, does that mean I should throw him a bad fastball?

professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

There’s nothing that a tight forward likes more than a loosie right up his backside.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well.

Brazilian auto racer
Auto racing Sports

I’ve never seen a guy on the DL [Disabled List] with pulled fat.

professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements 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

Some people have a chip on their shoulder; Billy has a whole lumberyard.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Baseball Characteristics Sports

In the hunt to buy the San Francisco Giants was George Shinn, owner of the Charlotte Harlots.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Four out of five dentists surveyed recommended playing hockey.

Hockey Sports

The only problem I really have in the outfield is with fly balls.

(1960 – ) Puerto Rican professional baseball player
Baseball Misspokements Sports

In a way an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out.

American baseball umpire
Baseball People Sports Women

Hmm, 600 games? What does it mean? It means I’m that much closer to getting fired.

Canadian hockey player & coach
Hockey Sports

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

Boxing Occupations Sports

He went to the hospital with bleeding kidneys, and me… I went dancing with my wife.

Canadian boxing champion
Boxing Sports

Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Old place-kickers never die, they just go on missing the point.

professional football kicker (once seen wearing a watch during a game)
Football Sports

Sure, as long as he ties a 56 lb. weight to each leg.

English boxing champion
Boxing Sports