Subject: Sports (Page 6)

What do you have when you've got an agent buried up to his neck in sand? … Not enough sand.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

Man's got courage. Man's got guts. And I don't think he'll be with us very long.

professional football & TV commentator

First year, a .500 season – second year, a conference championship – third year, undefeated – fourth year, a national championship – and in the fifth year, we’ll be on probation, of course.

1913 – 1983) American college football coach

You don’t have enough smarts to straighten this out. This is unstraightable.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

University: A modern school where football is taught.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I don’t care for sex; I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise; I prefer sports, where you can win.

(1963 – ) Canadian writer, actor & stand-up comedian

Gators To Face Seminoles With Peters Out

I don't mind starting the season with a bunch of unknowns. I just don't like finishing a season with a bunch of them.

(1937 – ) football coach, sportscaster, author & speaker

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

American hockey player

He had better get married soon, because he's getting uglier every day!

Canadian hockey player

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

(1931 – ) American baseball player & manager

Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.

British auto racer

One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.

Canadian hockey player

I don’t think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter

One under a tree, one under a bush, one under the water.

(1942 – ) American professional golfer

Unstoppable, Baby!

professional basketball player

Drive: A shot that comes after the whiff and before the mulligan.

(1945 – ) American humorist (co-founder of National Lampoon)

It is the best sport in the world; it's got everything – speed and tough, ugly men.

Irish rugby player

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play… it is war minus the shooting.

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 50) English author & journalist

I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.

American baseball pitcher

I ain't never heard of him. I suppose he's one of them foreign heavyweights; they're all lousy. Sure as hell I'll moida da bum.

American professional boxer