He's in the mold of a Tom Watson, in that he'll hit the ball in the trees and undaunted go read more

He's in the mold of a Tom Watson, in that he'll hit the ball in the trees and undaunted go it there, flail it out and make something out of it.

They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free.
(explaining his contractual obligations)

They pay me to practice. Sundays I play for free.
(explaining his contractual obligations)

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.

Tom.
(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)

Tom.
(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)

That's why I don't talk. Because I talk too much.

That's why I don't talk. Because I talk too much.

I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was read more

I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.
(on the career dedication of her husband, the Miami Dolphins' coach)

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part read more

What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability.

This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.

This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.