Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.
Barry Switzer

Sports are a microcosm of society.
Billie Jean King

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Heywood Broun

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
Bobby Unser

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.
Roger Kahn

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
Billie Jean King

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
Erma Bombeck

The bell that tolls for all in boxing belongs to a cash register.
Bob Verdi

The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.
Steve Garvey

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.
George Deukmejian

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.
John Madden

The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.
Ernest Hemingway

The hardest thing to believe about The Fan is not that Robert De Niro is stalking somebody again but that anyone cares that much about a baseball player.
Bernie Lincicome

The integrity of the game is everything.
Peter Ueberroth

The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
Ben Hogan

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
Billy Graham

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.
Ernie Banks

The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
Hank Aaron

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

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.
Bob Lemon