In spectator sports, the athletes get all the exercise and the spectators get all the rest. "Football is 22 people on the field who need rest and 22,000 people in the stands who need…
"Football/Soccer is a gentleman's game played by ruffians/hooligans; rugby is a ruffian's/hooligan's game played by gentlemen" is a sports saying, cited in print since at…
"Football is not just a matter of life and death; it's much more important than that" has been credited to Henry Russell "Red" Sanders (1905-1958), the UCLA football coach…
"Football never stops" is a saying that has been printed on many images. TwitterRa's Al Ghul@Capo_MAFFootball Never Stops #Nike9:23 PM - 1 Jan 2012 TwitterMitchell Gruen@blorg95some…
Manchester United won the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final on May 26, 1999, after trailing most of the match. Manager Alex Ferguson was interviewed and was at a loss for words, saying,…
"Footballers spend 90 minutes pretending they're injured. Rugby players spend 80 minutes pretending they're not" (or "Soccer: 90 minutes of pretending you are injured.…
Chess has been compared to TIner (a dating app). This was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on December 4, 2020: "For Me, Chess is a Lot Like Tinder. I know a few openings, but continually struggle to…
In December 1982, Buffalo Sabres center Gil Perreault named the three most important aspects of pro hockey: "Forecheck, backcheck, paycheck." Perreault's remark became a classical…
A college basketball game is 40 minutes long. University of Arkansas basketball coach Nolan Richardson applied a pressure defense that he called "40 minutes of hell" (or "forty…
A rugby team has eight forwards and seven backs; the forwards try to gain and retain possession of the ball, and the backs are faster and have better kicking skills. "Forwards win matches and…
A 2006 book about Notre Dame college football stated an uncredited adage: "Freshmen just want to play and earn a letter. Sophomores want to start. Juniors want to win. And seniors are…
The Chicago Cubs celebrate "the friendly confines of Wrigley Field." "Mr. Cub" -- baseball player Ernie Banks (1931-2015) -- would welcome people there, and many people believe…
Cars are often rated on how fast they can go from 0 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour. An article in the Chattanooga (TN) Times Free Press on August 15, 2015, was titled "Test Drive: New Z06…
Soccer is a low-scoring game. "RT @edheenan: Fuck soccer. If I wanted to watch somebody struggle to score for 90 mins I’d take my friends to the bar" was posted on Twitter by Bugle Boy…
"Funny don't make money" is a professional wrestling adage that has been cited in print since at least 2009. The adage means that fans watch professional wrestling for the action,…
"Gambling addiction hotlines would do better if every fifth caller was a winner" is a jocular one-line saying that was posted on Twitter by Jokes&Stuff FromJosh on January 23,…
A jocular one-line saying about gambling is: "Gambling sure brought our family together. We had to buy a smaller house!" The saying was cited in the Chicago (IL) Tribune in July 1972 and…
"Seems like if you're good at gambling, you're a professional. If you're bad at it, it's an addiction" was posted on Twitter by Thomas Lennon on February 1, 2010.…
"Game on!" means that a challenge has been accepted and a competition can begin. "Game on!" supposedly was influenced by video games in the 1980s, when a game was often paused,…
GameStop is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer. "GameStop implies the existence of the following: GameGo GameDrop GameRoll GameFrisk…