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 I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time. 
(after the team's cocaptain, offensive read more 
 I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time. 
(after the team's cocaptain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin toss against St. Louis) 
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.
Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.
Slumps are like a soft bed. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of.
 But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. 
(telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's read more 
 But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. 
(telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books) 
Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got read more
Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.
 Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean.
(on sportswriters)  
 Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean.
(on sportswriters) 
I'm a golfer -- not an athlete.
I'm a golfer -- not an athlete.
 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) 
I couldn't see the ball come off the club for the first 27 holes. It came off the club that read more
I couldn't see the ball come off the club for the first 27 holes. It came off the club that fast.