Funniest Quote from Each Major Sport

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What do we all love more than anything? Sports.

What helps us relate to each other when there are so many different sports? Comedy.

Whether it's a coach, player, owner or fan that has the funny quote, we all enjoy it when sports and comedy are mixed.

Here are some of the funniest quotes from each major sport.

Golf

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Lee Trevino

"You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work."

Sorry about your marital woes, Lee.

Tennis

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Hugo Black

"When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again."

Tennis must be fun.

Boxing

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George Foreman

"There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance."

Hit or be hit!

Hockey

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Gordie Howe

"All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity." 

A spot on description of a hockey player.

Soccer

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NBC Sports Commenter on Metro Radio

"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."

Always remember to think before you speak.

Basketball

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George Raveling

"When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team."

That's definitely one way to figure out who goes where.

Football

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Steve Spurrier

In 1991, there was a fire in the Auburn football dorm room that destroyed 20 books. Here's what Florida football head coach Steve Spurrier had to say about the incident.

"But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet."

Baseball

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Earl Wilson

"A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings."

Got that right.