Subject: Sports (Page 37)

I wish you were a statue and I were a pigeon.

Stephen Gascoigne (1878 – 1942) Australian sports fan & heckler
Sports

[Punter] Bill Bradley kicks them so high and so short you can't run them back; you have to fair catch every one. Us coaches call that the punt of no return.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator
Football Language Sports

I'll bet the hardest thing about prize fighting is picking up your teeth with a boxing glove on.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Boxing Sports

Shooting is just like toenails. They may fall off occasionally, but you know they'll always come back.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

There are two reasons for making a hole in one; the first is that it is immensely labor-saving.

Golf Sports

Fairway: The well-kept and seldom used portion of a golf course.

Definitions Golf Sports

We appreciate all the fans that are here, but we really respect the five or six who stayed with us all year.

(1962 – ) American ice hockey goaltender
Hockey Sports

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Eating Food/Drink Sports

It has made the richest prize in sport the richest prize in sport.

American boxer
Boxing Misspokements Sports

It'll take three good ones to be on in two today, Sir.

British golf writer & commentator
Golf Misspokements Sports

Mike Caldwell, the Padres’ right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.

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

The only difference between me and General Custer is that I have to watch the films on Sunday.

College football coach
Football Sports

He’s going for the green – and for those watching in black and white it’s behind the brown.

BBC commentator
Misspokements Sports

Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.

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

I'd drink more.

professional hockey player
Hockey Sports

In Willie DeWit, we have an all-American boy, even though he is a Canadian.

American boxer
Boxing Sports

It does not take a rocket scientist to coach a professional football team, but, of course, I was one of the few who happened to be a rocket scientist.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Intelligence People Self Sports

Big balls count.

Australian runner
Sports

You have to wonder what kind of chemical reactions were taking place inside Walker’s head when he said these things.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Speech Sports

No one hit home runs the way Babe (Ruth) did… they were something special… they were like homing pigeons; the ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

If he couldn't chip, he'd be selling cars in San Diego.

professional golfer & commentator
Golf Sports