Subject: Sports (Page 23)

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.

Golf Sports

I was never nervous when I had the ball, but when I let go I was scared to death.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

Two people fighting is not violence in hockey. It might be in tennis or bowling, but it's not in hockey.

Canadian hockey goalie & coach
Fights Hockey Sports

They may have regained all 40 yards… in fact, they may have.

Football Misspokements Sports

The pads don't keep you from getting hurt. They just keep you from getting killed.

American football player
Football Sports

I'm all in favor of it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

There was so much barging and shoving; it was like trying to get into a Glasgow pub on a Saturday night.

Scottish distance runner
Sports

What’s nice about the Senior Tour, is you can’t remember your bad shots.

professional golfer
Golf Sports

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

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

Whoever came up with ice fishing must have had the worst marriage on the planet.

(1953 – ) American comedian & writer
Marriage Sports

You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Basketball Sports

Whenever a superstar is traded to your favorite team, he fades. Whenever your team trades away a useless no-name, he immediately rises to stardom.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Sports Success

The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing.

professional baseball player
Misspokements Sports

Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter
Baseball Sports

The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director
Sports

Here’s a guy who when he runs, he moves faster.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer
Football Misspokements Sports

The fat lady might have cleared her throat, but she hasn't sung yet.

Texas Tech football coach
Football Sports

Bogey: The number of strokes needed to finish a hole by a golfer of average skill and above-average honesty.

Definitions Golf Sports

I'm sorry, sir, I'm not permitted to gamble.

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

All the Padres need is a flyball in the air.

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

A silver medal gets you as many free beers as a gold medal does.

Australian Olympic shooter
Sports