Subject: Sports (Page 28)

I’ve never seen a game like this; every game this year has been like this.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse.

Welsh-born Scottish writer

Relax, all right? Don’t try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring; besides that, they’re fascist. Throw some ground balls. It’s more democratic.

(1955 – ) American actor, musician, producer & director

Consistently, he’s not able to do that all the time.

I'm just what America needs – another unemployed black man.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

With the Cardinals everybody would be reading the business section to see what their stocks were doing. You get to this locker room (Pirates) in the morning and everybody is looking at the sports page to see if Hulk Hogan won.

baseball player

Yeah… it’s called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

The sun has been there for 500, 600 years.

American baseball player

We stunk… we blocked bad… we were terrible on defense and our kicking game made up for it by being absolutely horrible; I saw nothing that delighted me, though we ran on the field fairly well.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

He's great to the old guys. He's got one trainer just to treat varicose veins.

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

Take his body apart and see what's in it.

American basketball player

Could he run? Are you kidding? He had more moves than Mayflower Van Lines.

Tennessee football player

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

Gossage puts guys like me on his cereal for breakfast. He's the most intimidating pitcher I've ever seen.

baseball player

It would have been a good pass if Harry had been playing for us.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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


(1938 – 2017) American sportswriter & novelist

Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses.

professional basketball player

Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

It’s got lots of installation.

professional baseball player

I've never scored a hat-trick before… not even playing against my sister in the yard at home.

Australian rugby player