OT: Because we all need a good laugh

Famous Sports Quotes

"Last year we couldn't win at home and we were losing on the road. My
failure as a coach was that I couldn't think of anyplace else to
play."
- Harry Neale, professional hockey coach


"I'm working as hard as I can to get my life and my cash to run out at
the same time. If I can just die after lunch Tuesday, everything will
be perfect."
- Doug Sanders, professional golfer


"All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat
guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.'"
- Mickey Lolich, Detroit Tigers Pitcher

"When it's third and ten, you can have the milk drinkers; I'll take
the whiskey drinkers every time."
- Max McGee, Green Bay Packers receiver

"I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles. Eighty
percent of the people who hear them don't care and the other twenty
percent are glad you're having them."
- Tommy LaSorda , LA Dodgers manager


"My theory is that if you buy an ice-cream cone and make it hit your
mouth, you can learn to play tennis. If you stick it on your forehead,
your chances aren't as good."
- Vic Braden, tennis instructor


"When they operated, I told them to add in a Koufax fastball. They
did... but unfortunately it twas Mrs. Koufax's."
- Tommy John, N.Y. Yankees, recalling his 1974 arm surgery


"I don't know. I only played there for nine years."
- Walt Garrison, Dallas Cowboys fullback when asked if Tom Landry
ever smiles

"We were tipping off our plays. Whenever we broke from the huddle,
three backs were laughing and one was pale as a ghost."
- John Breen, Houston Oilers


"The film looks suspiciously like the game itself."
- Bum Phillips, New Orleans Saints, after viewing a lopsided loss to
the Atlanta Falcons

"When I'm on the road, my greatest ambition is to get a standing boo."
- Al Hrabosky, major league relief pitcher


"I have discovered in 20 years of moving around the ball park, that
the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the
price of the seats."
- Bill Veeck, Chicago White Sox owner

"Because if it didn't work out, I didn't want to blow the whole day."
- Paul Horning, Green Bay Packers running back on why his marriage
ceremony was before noon.

"I won't know until my barber tells me on Monday."
- Knute Rockne, when asked why Notre Dame had lost a game

"I learned a long time ago that 'minor surgery' is when they do the
operation on someone else, not you."
- Bill Walton, Portland Trail Blazers

"Our biggest concern this season will be diaper rash."
- George MacIntyre, Vanderbilt football coach surveying the team
roster that included 26 freshmen and 25 sophomores.



AND, OF COURSE, IN HONOR OF YOGI BERRA

( WHO DIED ON TUESDAY 9/22). HE WAS THE MOST QUOTABLE:

"We made too many wrong mistakes."

"You can observe a lot by watching."

"The future ain't what it used to be."

"It gets late early out here.

"If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark,
nobody's going to stop them."

"Pair up in threes."

"Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."

“If you come to a fork in the road.....take it !”