Subject: Sports (Page 34)

Sometimes Howard makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

They are like hot air dryers in public lavatories. They are a good idea, but take too long.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

It's not very often you get to see the Lone Ranger and Toronto in the same night.

baseball manager

I'm concentrating so much I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

British boxer

I didn’t get a lot of awards as a player… but they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and be dumb enough to think it’s important.

(1916 – 2005) American politician & poet

I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

professional baseball pitcher

Cross country skiing is great… if you live in a small country.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Defensively, I think it’s important for us to tackle.

professional football player

One reason that Finland produces such great runners is that back home it costs $2.40 for gas.

Finnish marathon runner

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

(1935 – ) American baseball player, sportscaster, comedian & actor

Everybody has a plan, ’till they get hit.

(1966 – ) American boxing champion

Those trees seem to grow every year…

British professional golfer & commentator

At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat; that costs money and we don't have any.

Georgia Southern football coach

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

Throw strikes – home plate don't move.

American baseball player

Baseball is the belly of society. Straighten out baseball and you'll straighten out the rest of the world.

American baseball pitcher

If soccer was an American soft drink, it would be Diet Pepsi.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

The referee is the most important man in the ring besides the two fighters.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion