Sport is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending (Neil Simon)
In his prime the boxer Joe Bugner had the physique of a Greek statue but he had fewer moves (Hugh McIvanney, sportswriter)
The 1980 Grand National was a tremendous race with 4 finishers out of thirty starters, so that by the end there were far more BBC commentators than horses (Clive James, columnist)
We do have the greatest football fans in the world, but I've never seen a fan score a goal (Jock Stein, former Scotland Manager) (On Scotland's football game in San Marino) -
We've been playing for an hour and it's just occurred to me that we're drawing 0-0 with a mountain top (Ian Archer, radio commentator)
The game of basketball is too long. The season is too long, and the players are too long (Jack Dolph)
A bookie* is just a pickpocket who lets you use your own hands (Henry Morgan)
An angler is a man who spends his rainy days sitting around on muddy banks of rivers because his wife won't let him do it at home (Irish Times)
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