English: David Beckham plays a competitive match for Los Angeles Galaxy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It’s Friday and the weekend is upon us, so I have decided to post some light reading. Here are ten (often unintentionally) hilarious sport quotes compiled by David Macaray:
1. “Besides the two fighters, the referee is the most important man in the ring.” – George Foreman
2. When UCLA was looking for a replacement for John Wooden, Joe B. Hall, who’d followed the legendary Adolph Rupp as basketball coach at the University of Kentucky (and was heckled by fans, vilified in the media, and eventually driven out of the job), jokingly suggested that they hire him. “Why ruin two lives?” he said.
3. “The last man to perform this well on grass was Jimi Hendrix.” – Greg Cote of the Miami Herald, on Roger Federer‘s Wimbledon success.
4. “We’re going to turn this team around 360 degrees.” – NBA player Jason Kidd
5. “My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.” – Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player
6. “There are two theories on hitting the knuckle ball; unfortunately, neither one of them works.” – Batting coach Charlie Lau
7. “People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don’t understand is that we need a lot of money because we spend a lot of money.” – NBA player Patrick Ewing
8. Responding to a reporter asking what kind of a pitch it was that had resulted in a prodigious home run, Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee said, “It was a combination screwball and change-up. I call it a screw-up.”
9. “I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.” – golfer Greg Norman
10. “My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about seven.” – soccer great David Beckham
