Subject: Sports (Page 49)

We need just two players to be a contender – just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

He plays just like a union man… he negotiates the final score.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

The only way of really finding out a man's true character is to play golf with him; in no other walk of life does the cloven hoof so quickly display itself.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

One of the worst things that can happen to you in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.

American billiards champion & hustler

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

professional football player (#85)

There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

That guy has muscles in places most people don't have places.

American basketball broadcaster

Beasley was 6’10” in college and 6’7” when he entered the NBA.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I'm a realist. You don't enter a Volkswagen at Indy unless you know a helluva shortcut.

I'd like to play Columbus. [of the International League]

American hockey player

You usually wind up staying up all night, or until your best player comes in.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

When Charlie Finley had his heart operation it took eight hours…. seven just to find his heart.

professional baseball pitcher

There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I don't know, I've never hit myself.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

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

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

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

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

I looked up in the stands and I thought I saw my wife and kids booing.

American basketball Coach

If you hit Polonia 100 fly balls, you could make a movie out of it — Catch 22.

baseball player