Subject: Sports (Page 8)

This is lap 54; after that, it’s 55, 56, 57, 58.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

Brian London possesses the most unbeautiful face – it looks as if it, at one time, fell apart and was reassembled by a drunken mechanic.

English broadcaster, journalist & author

Better teams win more often than the teams that are not so good.

professional hockey coach

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

British auto racer

Two people fighting is not violence in hockey. It might be in tennis or bowling, but it's not in hockey.

Canadian hockey goalie & coach

We estimate, and this isn’t an estimation, that Greta Waltz is 80 seconds behind.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter.

(1885 – 1933) columnist & writer

I have discovered in 20 years of moving around the ball park that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter

This fight will be the nastiest thing you'll ever see; I've been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious.

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor

I threw the kitchen sink at him, but he went to the bathroom and got his tub.


University: A modern school where football is taught.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I used to go to the driving range to practice driving without slicing; now I go to the driving range to practice slicing without swearing.

(1941 – ) poet, author, editor & anthologist

Vicodin and vodka — the breakfast of champions.

(1918 – 1990) football coach

This is not even close to what I envisioned a no-hitter would be.

American baseball pitcher

I'm always into a positive black image. Whenever Leon Spinks fights I always pray, 'Dear Lord, please don't let them interview Leon on TV.'

American television personality

I play my regulars; the only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

The fat lady might have cleared her throat, but she hasn't sung yet.

Texas Tech football coach

I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.

professional basketball player & coach

Handicap: An allocation of strokes on one or more holes that permits two golfers of very different ability to do equally poorly on the same course.

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

Third base is certainly a reactionary position.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer