One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth. – Joe Garagiola
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. – Ty Cobb
New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up. – Jimmy Connors
Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time. – Greg LeMond
Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture. – Juan Antonio Samaranch
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile. – Christy Mathewson
Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on. – Peter Ueberroth
Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day. – Peter Ueberroth
Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye. – Roger Kahn
I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press. – Roger Kahn
Tennis and golf are best played, not watched. – Roger Kahn
He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win. – Gary McCord
The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register. – Bob Verdi
There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works. – Charley Lau
If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race. – Marilyn Monroe
I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights. – Joel Osteen
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. – H. L. Mencken
I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it. – Todd English
The problem with winter sports is that – follow me closely here – they generally take place in winter. – Dave Barry
