Subject: Sports (Page 73)

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

(1942 – ) American boxing champion

All I do is hit somebody in the mouth; it's a whole lot easier than working for a living.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

Jacques Lafitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Lafitte.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

(We Used To Kiss On The Lips, But It’s) All Over Now

Underdog, overdog, hotdog; I guess you want to be an underdog – but an underdog with the best team.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Armstrong is about to join a list which includes only himself.

sports commentator

I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.

(1929 – ) American baseball player who had a well-publicized bipolar disorder

This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score.

American basketball coach

Tito Fuentes is safe at second with a triple.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series… unless we lose game five.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

Muhammad Ali is Muhammad Ali and compared to him all other men are earthlings.

American boxing trainer

Anyone who weighs over 200 pounds can punch; I don't care if it's a broad.

American boxing trainer

All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse.

Welsh-born Scottish writer

It's going to be good to be on his side for a change. I'll save a lot of energy since I don't have to concentrate on whacking him. I'm pretty excited about that.

Canadian hockey player

I'll go another 15 rounds with Holmes if Howard will quit announcing football!

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

The lights are shining quite darkly.

cricket commentator

Sure, it's nice to win; but there's only one thing that's important to me and that's the money we're going to get, win or lose.

professional baseball player

Grubb goes back, back… he’s under the warning track and makes the play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer