Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. 3 other sayings from Jim Bishop
Golf is a good walk spoiled. 98 more thoughts from Mark Twain
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. 98 views from Mark Twain
I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him. 14 more views from Hedy Lamarr
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. 3 other wisdom & wit from Ty Cobb
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. 19 other sayings from Woodrow Wilson
Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game. 2 more quotes from Branch Rickey
I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play. 5 quotes from Joe E. Lewis
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. 40 quotes from William James
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality. 3 more sayings from Pierre de Coubertin
All sports for all people. 3 other quotes from Pierre de Coubertin
Adversity causes some men to break others to break records. 14 other wisdom & wit from William Arthur Ward
If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. 33 views from Erma Bombeck
For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions. 32 quotes from Michel de Montaigne
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. 4 more wisdom & wit from Jack Benny
I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. 3 thoughts from Ben Hecht
I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down. 50 wisdom & wit from Robert Frost
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures. 6 other views from Earl Warren
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. 5 thoughts from Knute Rockne
Sports is human life in microcosm. 3 more thoughts from Howard Cosell
Sports is the toy department of human life. 3 views from Howard Cosell
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society. 2 quotes from A. Bartlett Giamatti
It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf. 2 views from Robert Wilson Lynd
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. 2 views from Rogers Hornsby
A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set. 2 quotes from Jimmy Cannon
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. 2 sayings from Rogers Hornsby
Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness. 21 other sayings from William Wordsworth
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. 52 other wisdom & wit from Gilbert K. Chesterton
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. 30 sayings from Walt Whitman
We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan. 5 quotes from Alastair Campbell
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. 16 more wisdom & wit from Vince Lombardi
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. 16 thoughts from Vince Lombardi
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? 16 wisdom & wit from Vince Lombardi
If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt. 3 thoughts from Dean Martin
Most ball games are lost, not won. 12 other sayings from Casey Stengel
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.' 10 sayings from Arthur Ashe
The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter. 27 thoughts from Dave Barry
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. 35 sayings from Ernest Hemingway
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. 27 more sayings from Dave Barry
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. 9 quotes from Satchel Paige
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau
Relax? How can anybody relax and play golf? You have to grip the club, don't you? 4 sayings from Ben Hogan
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. 4 more quotes from Ben Hogan
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. 22 other quotes from Samuel Richardson
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. 20 thoughts from Herbert Hoover
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. 60 sayings from H. L. Mencken
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. 2 other views from Jesse Owens
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. 3 more quotes from Tom Landry
When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero. 2 thoughts from Mike Royko