Subject: Sports (Page 62)

Because this is a title fight, I can have four people in the corner and I'll have an extra cut-man. I'll also have an extra stool, one for Vinnie to sit on, and the other to throw at him if he doesn't listen to me.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

Call them pros, call them mercenaries – but in fact they are just grown-up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or flooded corner lot that hockey is the greatest thrill of all.

Canadian hockey player

All of his saves have come during relief appearances.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The stopwatch has stopped. It's up to God and the referee now. The referee is Pat Horan. God is God.

Irish Gaelic games commentator

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other ninety-nine percent are followers of women.

baseball manager

Sportscaster: The extra point is no good!

Robert Scott: Then it isn’t an extra point, is it?

The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs.  You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them.  Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve.  No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

American baseball player

His golf bag does not contain a full set of irons.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

Whoever came up with ice fishing must have had the worst marriage on the planet.

(1953 – ) American comedian & writer

The decathlon is nine Mickey Mouse events and the 1500 metres.

English distance runner

It was better than a couple of years I had.

American baseball player

Throwing people out of a game is like learning to ride a bicycle – once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun.

(1937 – 1995) American Major League Baseball umpire

He's great to the old guys. He's got one trainer just to treat varicose veins.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

Every time I see you naked I feel bad for your wife.

Czech hockey player

These days baseball is different… you come to spring training, you get your legs ready, you arms loose, your agents ready, your lawyer lined up.

American baseball player

When Lew was a twenty game winner for the Milwaukee Braves, people needed three columns for his pitching record: won, lost and relative humidity.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

When I was a kid, I wanted to play baseball and join the circus. With the Yankees, I've been able to do both.

American baseball player

Unstoppable, Baby!

professional basketball player

Everybody knows that I have been pumping Martin Leslie for a couple of seasons now.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

Baseball is a lot like the Army, there aren't many individuals. About the only difference is that baseball players get to stay in nice hotels instead of barracks.

American baseball pitcher

The most overrated underrated player in baseball.

American writer