Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. 3 thoughts from Jim Bishop
Golf is a good walk spoiled. 98 more quotes from Mark Twain
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. 98 more 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 quotes 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 more views from Ty Cobb
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. 19 other quotes 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 other thoughts from Branch Rickey
I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play. 5 sayings from Joe E. Lewis
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. 40 more quotes from William James
All sports must be treated on the basis of equality. 3 quotes 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 thoughts from William Arthur Ward
If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. 33 quotes 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 more 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 other quotes from Jack Benny
I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. 3 quotes 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 quotes from Earl Warren
One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it. 5 more wisdom & wit from Knute Rockne
Sports is human life in microcosm. 3 wisdom & wit from Howard Cosell
Sports is the toy department of human life. 3 other wisdom & wit 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 more quotes from A. Bartlett Giamatti
It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf. 2 sayings 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 quotes from Rogers Hornsby
A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set. 2 other sayings 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 quotes from William Wordsworth
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. 52 thoughts from Gilbert K. Chesterton
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. 30 thoughts 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 more quotes from Alastair Campbell
Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. 16 wisdom & wit from Vince Lombardi
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. 16 quotes from Vince Lombardi
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? 16 sayings from Vince Lombardi
If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt. 3 more wisdom & wit from Dean Martin
Most ball games are lost, not won. 12 wisdom & wit from Casey Stengel
There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.' 10 other quotes from Arthur Ashe
The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter. 27 views 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 thoughts from Ernest Hemingway
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended. 115 more quotes from George Bernard Shaw
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. 27 other wisdom & wit from Dave Barry
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you. 9 other 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 views from Ben Hogan
The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight. 4 quotes from Ben Hogan
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. 22 wisdom & wit 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 other quotes from Herbert Hoover
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. 60 other sayings from H. L. Mencken
A lifetime of training for just ten seconds. 2 more quotes from Jesse Owens
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. 3 sayings from Tom Landry
When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero. 2 more thoughts from Mike Royko