Sports Quotes

Have you ever noticed what golf spells backwards?

He’s got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can’t wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play.

All sports for all people.

Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost.

Pitching is the art of instilling fear.

What’s a good tournament for him? Winning it. He’s good enough.

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can’t get you off.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn’t play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.