Subject: Sports (Page 77)

I was kind of hoping it would straighten it out.

Canadian hockey player

When we played, World Series checks meant something; now all they do is screw up your taxes.

American baseball pitcher & announcer

I guess I'll have to gain 60 pounds, start smoking a cigar and wear clothes that don't match.

American baseball player

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don’t fight, I’ll eat this planet.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

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

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

You might be a redneck if… your high school basketball game got rained out.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

Bert's wallet is like an onion. Any time he opens it, he starts crying.

Canadian hockey player

He enjoys that perfect peace, that peace beyond all understanding, which comes at its maximum only to the man who has given up golf.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

If you really want to get better at golf, go back and take it up at a much earlier age.

Anglo-Irish golfer

He's hit more balls than Elton John's chin.

(1958 – ) Irish professional golfer & commentator

I figure practice puts your brains in your muscles.

(1912 – 2002) professional golfer

I am the most loyal player money can buy.

professional baseball player

I'm the best heavyweight in Canada and I'll still be the best when I'm dead seven years.

Canadian boxing champion

A silver medal gets you as many free beers as a gold medal does.

Australian Olympic shooter

The place was so empty, they could have had archery practice.

American football coach

Yes, the guy can score you 40 goals… what I don't want is him causing 60.

Canadian hockey player & broadcaster

I grabbed it and squeezed it back into place. It gave a little crunch and popped right in.

Canadian hockey player

[He’s] the ultimate player-to-be-named-later.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

We raced the other day and it wasn't a photo finish… it was an oil painting.

Canadian hockey player

A mediocre player will sink to the level of his or her opposition.

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

Canadian hockey player