Subject: Sports (Page 43)

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

professional football player

It's strange… two guys in shorts competing for a belt; they should, at least, award them slacks or a shirt.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

These two teams are mirror images of themselves.

There are younger Aztec ruins.

sportswriter & newspaper columnist

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.

professional football coach

Jerry's a nice kid, but so's my wife… and she's no quarterback.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

There are three things the average man thinks he can do better than everybody else: build a fire, run a motel and manage a baseball team.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quit football.

American football player

The way my team are doing, we could get Wilt Chamberlain in a trade and find out that he's really two midgets Scotch-taped together.

American basketball player & coach

When I got up I stuck to my plan… stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

A business executive is someone who talks golf in the office and business on the golf course.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.

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

A string of good alibis.

professional baseball manager

And there goes Juantorina down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.

BBC commentator

I told her they must be all sold out.

Canadian hockey player

Where I play, the greens always break toward the bar.

(1919 – 1991) American comedian & actor

I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set… and they're both working.

1922 – 2006) American boxing champion

The place was so empty, they could have had archery practice.

American football coach

You may be right, but it hasn’t reached his legs yet!

Scottish football player & manager

I’ll always be Number 1 to myself.

professional basketball player

Argentina invaded the Falklands because they had ESPN and the Argentines wanted to get the late scores.

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