Subject: Sports (Page 4)

To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

I saw on HBO they were advertising a boxing match: “It's a fight to the finish” … that's a good place to end.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Boxing Sports

At 15 we put down my bag to hunt for a ball, found the ball, lost the bag.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer
Golf Sports

If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.

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

I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
Basketball Sports

Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco, and nod at the stupid things your manager says.

American baseball pitcher
Baseball Sports

Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place… but not much.

(1924 – 2003) American comedian & actor
Golf Sports

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
Golf Sports

I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.

Dutch-born American baseball pitcher
Baseball Places Sports

Reporter: What did you think about the collective bargaining proposal?

Payton: (making $2,700,000 per year): People would have to cut their lifestyle, and they’d live like penny-pinchers.

professional football coach
Misspokements Money Sports

I told my team it doesn't matter… there are 750 million people in China who don't even know this game was played. The next day, a guy called me from China and asked, 'What happened, Coach?

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

I've been big ever since I was little.

American football player
Appearance Body Football Sports

There’s someone warming up in the bullpen, but he’s obscured by his number.

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

Hold when you're at home and don't hold when you're on the road.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

He needed a psychiatrist more than I did.

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder
Baseball Sports

It’s just a job; grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand… I beat people up.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion
Boxing Occupations Sports Work

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

assistant trainer and cornerman of boxer Muhammad Ali
Sports

Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.

(1932 – 1997) newspaper columnist
Baseball Sports

He can run anytime he wants; I’m giving him the red light.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports Yogi-isms

Golf is just a game – and an idiotic game most of the time.

American professional golfer
Golf Sports

Slumps are like a soft bed; they're easy to get into and hard to get out of.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player
Baseball Sports