FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: wisegeek.com

SPORTS QUOTES
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Professionalism in tennis ... only resulted in making billionaires out of rude children, producing an onslaught of moody defectors, and a lot of guys with hair that looks as if bats slept in it... Meanwhile, my head swims with the thought that I have watched tennis progress from Don Budge and Alice Marble to Farrah Fawcett becoming John McEnroe's mother-in-law.
--Dan Jenkins Playboy (1985)
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When you say you're a Padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a Cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.
--Tommy LaSorda
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I was young and fearless in those days, but always enjoyed riding at Cartmel. They used to call me 'Cartmellor', probably because I kept coming back on a stretcher.
Stan Mellor (1982)
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The two most important jobs in America are held by foreigners - room service and goal-kicking.
--Beano Cook
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Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.
--Ogden Nash