Subject: Sports (Page 80)

Kid, don't be messing around with my money.

(1922 – 2007) American baseball player & manager
Baseball Sports

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I was the worst hitter ever; I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.

professional basketball player
Misspokements Sports

I believed in drug testing a long time ago… all through the Sixties I tested everything.

American baseball pitcher
Activities Baseball Drugs Sports

I don't mind the title fight going out at three in the morning. Everyone in Glasgow fights at three in the morning.

Boxing Sports

Football isn’t a contact sport, it’s a collision sport; dancing is a contact sport.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach
Dance Football Sports

Playing goal is like being shot at.

professional hockey goalie
Hockey Sports

It would have been a good pass if Harry had been playing for us.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher; he said, ‘Dave Wehrmeister’s got 11 letters… is that a big enough name for you?

White Sox owner
Baseball Misspokements

The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.

(1922 – ) American baseball player & manager
Baseball Occupations Sports Work

He's the kind of player who usually comes along rarely and sometimes never.

(1927 – ) American football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.

(1947 – ) professional baseball player
Baseball Sports

But he was the worst dresser in organized baseball; he made Inspector Clouseau look like a candidate for Mr. Blackwell's list of best-dressed men.

American baseball pitcher
Appearance Basketball Clothing Sports

Kerry, don’t sell yourself short. You’ve made far worse calls than that.

hockey broadcaster
Hockey Sports

It couldn't have happened to a greater guy… well, yes, it could have happened to me.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager
Baseball Sports

One thing I've learned over the years is sometimes if you make kicks early in the game, you don't have to make them late.

American football kicker
Football Sports

Not everyone likes sports… Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind.

(1970 – ) American actor, producer & stand up comedian
Sports

If profanity had an influence on the flight of the ball, the game would be played far better than it is.

golf author
Golf Sports

Las Vegas is the oasis of outstretched palms.

English boxing journalist & commentator
Money Places Sports

… another dropped out when diarrhea slowed him to the point of elimination.

Cycling commentator
Misspokements Sports