Subject: Sports (Page 98)

What makes him unusual is that he thinks he's normal and everyone else is nuts.

American baseball manager
Baseball Sports

I keep a picture of O. J. Simpson at my side at all times to remind me of the days when I knew how to coach.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

A genius in the NFL is a guy who won last week.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

There are certain things about my game I don't want to change, but I think it's about time that I realized I can't fight every battle. Three hundred minutes in penalties is way too many. Way too many.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Sports

Can I bite him?

(1950 – ) American boxer & actor
Boxing Sports

Some of ours [umpires] is so crooked that they can lay in a berth only when the train’s making a curve.

(1885 – 1933) columnist & writer
Baseball Beliefs Sports

Football is a fertility festival: eleven sperm trying to get into the egg; I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.

(1965 – ) Icelandic singer-songwriter
Football Sports

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

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

The people of this country have allowed football to get completely out of hand, and that’s fortunate for my bank account.

(1918 – 1995) American sports journalist & television commentator
America Football Places Sports

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

They usually have four or five dreams a night about coming from different positions.

Scottish jockey
Sports

Bob Gibson was so mean he would knock you down and then meet you at home plate to see if you wanted to make something of it.

(1942 – ) American baseball player
Baseball Sports

We stunk… we blocked bad… we were terrible on defense and our kicking game made up for it by being absolutely horrible; I saw nothing that delighted me, though we ran on the field fairly well.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

He knocks the hell out of people, but in a Christian way.

professional football player & coach
Beliefs Football Sports

They expect an umpire to be perfect on opening day and to improve as the season goes on.

American baseball umpire
Baseball Sports

What’s the toughest thing in a professional football game? … Its being the mother of the quarterback.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer
Family Football Mothers Sports

Templeton is as hot as you can be and still walk!

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

Fairway: The well-kept and seldom used portion of a golf course.

Definitions Golf Sports

They don't mind after they find out they don't have to study for it.

American football coach
Drugs Football Sports

Football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher
Education Football Sports

Yes, and I also like jumping out of tall buildings.

American hockey goaltender
Hockey Sports