Subject: Sports (Page 66)

He wants Texas back.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager

In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg… but leukemia is worse still.

English former football player & manager

He slides into second with a stand up double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

A sports expert is the guy who writes the best alibis for being wrong.

(1909 – 1973) American sports journalist

It’s got lots of installation.

professional baseball player

Earnie Shavers could punch you in the neck and break your ankle.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

I've never scored a hat-trick before… not even playing against my sister in the yard at home.

Australian rugby player

I really lack the words to compliment myself today.

skier

Hell, there ain't but 15 black millionaires in the whole country & half of 'em are right here in this room.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Hey Stanley, you could be a great player if you learned just two words: I'm full.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

You don't have to be a Harvard professor to manage baseball; in fact, I think you're better off having an IQ like mine.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

Brendan Foster, by himself, with 20,000 people.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

What's the point of washing off your ball when teeing off on a water hole?

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Hey, Lou, it took you 15 years to get out of the game. Sometimes I’m out in 15 minutes.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

The way he’s swinging the bat, he won’t get a hit until the 20th century.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Being named manager of the Seattle Mariners is like becoming the head chef at MacDonalds.

American sportswriter

I always insist that my team be in bed before breakfast.

English cricketer

Biologically, I'm 10; chronologically, I'm 33, but in hockey years, I'm 66.


The announcement of the disqualification was greeted by booze from the spectators at the pool.

The three important elements of hockey are: forecheck, backcheck and paycheck.

Canadian hockey player

My dad once said that you meet a much nicer class of person there, but I'm not sure.

British auto racer