"Football/Soccer is 22 people running after a ball" is a popular definition of soccer (or football; also, of American football). "Once, I asked my husband what he found so…
"Soccer is a kick in the grass" is a jocular line that has been printed on bumper stickers. The saying was a slogan of the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League (NASL),…
"Soccer is America's sport of the future -- and always will be" is an old joke about a sport that has long been predicted to explode in popularity in the United States. "Brazil…
"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.…
Some people view Solitaire less as a game and more as a way to arrange cards. "Solitare is just a very complicated way to unshuffle a deck of cards" was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts…
"Solo home runs/homers don't/won't beat/hurt/harm/kill you" is a baseball saying cited in print since at least 1986. A solo home run accounts for only one run, leaves no runners…
Pete Rose was a fiercely competitive baseball player. In an interview with Esquire magazine that was published in 1974, Rose said: "Winning is the only thing. Somebody's gotta win and…
The Kentucky Derby has been compared to NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing). "Kentucky Derby = Amish Nascar?" was posted on Twitter by Shea on May 5, 2011. "The…
The expression "deal with it" usually doesn't involve playing cards, but there are jokes. "I cant deal with it....Like a deck of cards glued together" was posted on Twitter…
The expression "deal with it" usually doesn't involve playing cards, but there are jokes. "I cant deal with it....Like a deck of cards glued together" was posted on Twitter…
"Sometimes I watch football holding an xbox controller just to screw with my mums head" was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot on July 2, 2011. The joke is that the speaker pretends…
"Sometimes the best trades are the ones you don't make" is a popular sports adage that originated in baseball, but has been used by other sports as well. "Of Keltner, Veeck…
New York Yankee baseball slugger Babe Ruth (1895-1948) was known for his excessive eating and drinking as well as for his home run hitting. Many websites include a quotation where Ruth allegedly…
"Sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you" means the same thing as "sometimes you win and sometimes you lose." American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and…
"Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?" is a saying that has been printed on gift items, such as T-shirts, caps and mugs. "Speed costs money. How fast do you want to…
"Split happens" is a bowling saying that has been printed on many images. Bowlers try to avoid a split (with pins left on opposite sides of the lane). The joke is a variation on the 1980s…
"Sports do not build character. They reveal it," said sportswriter Heywood Hale Broun (1918-2001), the son of newspaper columnist and sportswriter Heywood Broun (1888-1939). The quotation…
Many sports fans wear a jersey of their favorite player. This has been called "jock cosplay" or "sports cosplay." "RT @bellawonder: Football fans who wear jerseys: sports…
"Sports is the toy department of (human) life" was first said by New York City sportswriter Jimmy Cannon (1909-1973). It's not known when he first said it, however. The saying means…
Professional sports clubs hold a player draft; they select players by submitting a draft card to the podium when it's their turn to draft. It often happens that when a team's draft time…