Subject: Sports (Page 9)

Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

Cycling's a good thing for the youngsters, because it keeps them off the streets.

Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by an occasional miracle.

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

Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

He just wants to get in there and mash them. If you broke his arm, he'd kick you. If you broke his leg, he'd bite you. If you took out his teeth, he'd nut you. This boy wants to fight.

Irish boxer

He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.

(1925 – 2005) American baseball player & manager

The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb; to be a back, you only have to be dumb.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

I don’t think there’s anybody in this organization not focused on the 49ers… I mean Chargers.

football coach

Cleveland’s Colon Has Emerged Smelling Like a Rose

And the line-up for the final of the Women’s 400 meters hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

He's standing there making a sitting target of himself.

English boxing manager & trainer

You out rebounded a dead man by one.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Say Satch, tell me, was Abraham Lincoln a crouch hitter?

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

The Houston Astros play in a vast indoor stadium known as the Astrodome, but the problem is they field a half-vast team.

American baseball player

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

Buster Douglas went to bed as a 231-pound world champion and woke up as a 270-pound parade float.

American sports columnist

If it comes down to taking care of my mother in her old age and taking care of my center fielder in his young age, I hope she understands.

Owner of the Seattle Mariners

Big balls count.

Australian runner

This is something that probably doesn't happen in Tom Landry's office.

American football coach

It will now have to be called the Calcutta Shield.