Subject: Sports (Page 22)

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

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
England People Places Sports Time

I told him I wasn’t tired; he told me, ‘No, but the outfielders sure are.’

professional baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

I don’t fear death, but I sure don’t like those three-footers for par.

(1935 – ) Puerto Rican professional golfer
Characteristics Fear Golf 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

Man blames most accidents on fate – but feels a more personal responsibility when he makes a hole-in-one on the golf course.

Golf Sports

The first thing I would do when I saw Bobby [Orr] coming down at me was to say a little prayer if I had time.  I’m sure I wasn’t the only goalie who did that.

Canadian professional hockey player
Hockey Sports

The older you get the stronger the wind gets… and it's always in your face.

(1940 – ) professional golfer
Golf Old Science/Weather Sports

I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying, ‘I don't want to bore you with the details.’

(1964 – ) English comedian
Sports

Say Satch, tell me, was Abraham Lincoln a crouch hitter?

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Age Baseball Old Sports

Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.

British auto racer
Auto racing Sports

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
Basketball Sports

Baseball is a game which consists of tapping a ball with a piece of wood, then running like a lunatic.

Baseball Sports

Nothing goes down slower than a golf handicap.

professional golfer
Golf Sports

He said he wanted to go play in his home country and village; I guess every village needs an idiot.

Hockey Sports

Tambay’s hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Louise Goodman to British racing driver Johnny Herbert: Johnny, it's started to rain, how will that affect the track?

Herbert’s reply: Well, it makes it wet usually.

British racing driver
Auto racing Sports

 I don't like talking about money; all I know is the good Lord must have wanted me to have it.

professional basketball player, coach & executive
Basketball Money Sports

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you must first set yourself on fire.

(1925 – 1990) Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager
Hockey Sports Success

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

professional baseball player
Baseball Golf Sports

Hockey’s the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.


(1938 – 2017) American sportswriter & novelist
Conflict Fights Hockey Sports

Have another donut you fat pig!

Canadian hockey player & general manager
Hockey Sports