Bob Hope, US comedian:
Sammy Davis Jr hits the ball 130 yards and his jewellery goes 150.
Sammy Davis Jr hits the ball 130 yards and his jewellery goes 150.
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Bob Hope on playing golf with Gerald Ford:
Whenever I play with him, I usually try and make it a foursome - Ford, me, a paramedic and a faith healer.
Whenever I play with him, I usually try and make it a foursome - Ford, me, a paramedic and a faith healer.
Woody Allen, US comedian:
I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer but I had some problems with buoyancy.
I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer but I had some problems with buoyancy.
Chris Finnegan, British middleweight boxer:
I know it's said that I can't punch but you should see me putting the cat out at night.
I know it's said that I can't punch but you should see me putting the cat out at night.
Paul Gascoigne, English footballer:
For me injuries don't come in threes, they come in 33s.
For me injuries don't come in threes, they come in 33s.
John Cooper, US football coach following a spate of injuries sustained by the Arizona State side:
If this continues our team picture this year will be an X-ray.
If this continues our team picture this year will be an X-ray.
Winston Churchill - not the sharpest tool in the box during his youth. Certainly made up for it in later life:
In my experience officers with high athletic qualifications are not usually successful in the higher ranks.
In my experience officers with high athletic qualifications are not usually successful in the higher ranks.
Joe Theisman, US footballer and commentator:
The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
Derek Johnstone, Scottish footballer and commentator:
He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head.
He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head.
Emma Brombeck, US writer and humourist:
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
Mike Royko, US journalist:
It's unnatural for people to run around city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him.
It's unnatural for people to run around city streets unless they are thieves or victims. It makes people nervous to see someone running. I know that when I see someone running on my street my instincts tell me to let the dog go after him.
Jasper Rees, British journalist in 1992:
Vinny Jones is a player who regards it as a matter of personal honour to intimidate the nation's finest, to castrate them with a shuddering, late tackle early in the game, to rip their ears off and spit in the hole.
Vinny Jones is a player who regards it as a matter of personal honour to intimidate the nation's finest, to castrate them with a shuddering, late tackle early in the game, to rip their ears off and spit in the hole.
George Best on Kevin Keegan:
To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point. He's been very, very lucky, an average player who came into the game when it was short of personalities. He's not fit to lace my boots as a player.
To call Keegan a superstar is stretching a point. He's been very, very lucky, an average player who came into the game when it was short of personalities. He's not fit to lace my boots as a player.
Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager:
If Kevin Keegan fell into the Tyne he'd come up with a salmon in his mouth.
If Kevin Keegan fell into the Tyne he'd come up with a salmon in his mouth.
Duncan McKenzie, English footballer on Kevin Keegan 1981:
The Julie Andrews of football.
Seems Kevin was pretty unpopular in some circles. John Toshack loved him to bits though.
The Julie Andrews of football.
Seems Kevin was pretty unpopular in some circles. John Toshack loved him to bits though.
Yankee_Jack
Key Player
I don't remember there being this much blowback on Keegan when he was playing; not publicly anyway
Neither do I to be honest. He seemed to me the favourite of most people.
Yankee_Jack
Key Player
That's in public and sports journos and broadcasters promoting a story line. Best, McKenzie, Charlton et al were on the field for 90 and know how much luck played into his hands and how much the industry of others made him look better than he was. I think Best's comment was the most on point ... clearly true, performance degrading substances notwithstanding.
Bob Hope, US comedian:
I'd give up golf if I didn't have so many sweaters.
I'd give up golf if I didn't have so many sweaters.
Time Magazine:
Stretch pants - the garment that made skiing a spectator sport.
Stretch pants - the garment that made skiing a spectator sport.