Subject: Sports (Page 31)

We didn’t have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

You don’t know what pressure is until you play for five bucks with only two in your pocket.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

I only have one goal in each stick.

Czech ice hockey player

And the line-up for the final of the Women’s 400 meters hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

It was an ideal day for football – too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

If I needed advice from my caddie, he'd be hitting the shots and I'd be carrying the bag.

American professional golfer

A stadium with the lights out.

American baseball pitcher

I believe in rules… sure I do; if there weren’t any rules, how could you break them?

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

We know how much fans enjoy a good brawl, so we are going to guarantee a fight. If there is not a single five-minute fighting major given to a player, every fan in attendance will receive a free ticket to the following home game.

It’s a humbling thing being humble.

Ohio State football player

If you’ve only got one day to live, come see the Toronto Maple Leafs… it’ll seem like forever.

hockey announcer

Gehringer goes two for five on Opening Day and stays that way all season.

American baseball pitcher

The point is that it doesn't matter if you look like a beast before or after the hit, as long as you look like a beauty at the moment of impact.

Spanish professional golfer

They whipped us like a tied up goat.

Texas Tech football coach

I figured out why they took out 8,000 trees at Oakmont. It's so people won't hang themselves.

professional golf caddie

I'm actually getting to sleep before I have breakfast.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball.

Scottish football player

So I'm ugly; I never saw anyone hit with his face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.

(1929 – ) English race car driver