Subject: Sports (Page 42)

As a runner Daley Thompson is excellent, as a jumper he is excellent, and as a thrower he is an excellent runner and jumper.

British journalist, author, commentator & coach
Misspokements Sports

I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well.

Brazilian auto racer
Auto racing Sports

Golf… is the infallible test; the man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist
Golf Honesty Sports

If you play against him, you hate him; if you play with him, you hate him a little less.

(1964 – ) Venezuelan-American baseball player & manager
Baseball Insults Sports

They’re really keen on the strawberry flavored ones.

Australian basketball player
Sports

If I didn’t enjoy gloating so much, I wouldn’t do so many interviews.

American football coach
Football Sports

She’s not [runner] Ben Johnson… but then, who is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

Tony Gwynn, the fat batter behind Finley, is waiting.

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

If you know how to cheat, start now

(1930 – 2013) American baseball manager
Baseball Sports

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season… one word and one word only – Super Bowl.

football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

I can take it but I can't dish it out.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

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

professional football player
Football Misspokements Sports

I’m traveling to all 51 states to see who can stop #85.

professional football player (#85)
Football Misspokements Sports

That’s the fastest time ever run – but it’s not as fast as the world record.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter
Baseball Sports

I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor
Communication Language Sports

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.

(1907 – 1987) American journalist & author
Golf Sports

If it's your brain, you'll be fine. That's the smallest organ in your body.

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

Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist
Auto racing Sports

Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic
Golf Sports

There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.

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