Subject: Sports (Page 50)

We've made a final offer. We hope [player] Ziggy Palffy will come to his senses. We have NO hope his agent will.

American player, coach & general manager
Hockey Sports

Princess Anne’s horse is literally eating up the ground.

horse racing commentator
Misspokements Sports

Allen S. Sothoron pitched his initials off yesterday.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
Baseball Sports

Walk him and face the next guy.

American baseball player
Baseball Sports

He went to the hospital with bleeding kidneys, and me… I went dancing with my wife.

Canadian boxing champion
Boxing Sports

Rocky Marciano stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist
Boxing Sports

The guy in front of me got number 76 and the guy behind me got number 78.

American football player & coach
Football Sports

If you’re mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It’s about the same.

professional football player
Football Sports

Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded – accordion-style – back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.

(1966 – ) American journalist & novelist
Hockey Sports

I don’t mind the high price of stardom, I just don’t like the high price of mediocrity.

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

If a caddie can help you, you don't know how to play golf.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter
Golf Sports

I’m a golfer – not an athlete.

professional golfer
Golf Misspokements Sports

He hit me 18 times while I was in the act of falling.

(1909–1959) American boxing champion
Sports

There are only two seasons – winter and baseball.

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

I don’t know… I’ve never smoked it.

(1943 – ) American football player
Activities Sports

If the Super Bowl is really the ultimate game, why do they play it again next year?

American football player
Football Sports

Basketball players get the girls, hockey players take them home.

Hockey Sports

He's the second-best goalie on the ice.

Canadian hockey coach
Hockey Sports

He could hit .300 with a fountain pen.

(1926 – 2016) American baseball player, announcer & television host
Baseball Sports

Finishing second means you are the first driver to lose.

(1950 – 1982) Canadian racing driver
Auto racing Sports

You won't find a single four-letter word in there… I don't go for that bullshit.

(1918 – ) American baseball pitcher
Baseball Books Communication Sports