Jimmy Cannon Professions : Journalist Born : April 10, 1909 Died : December 5, 1973 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Jimmy Cannon Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected. Jimmy Cannon holiday christmas lonely Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime Jimmy Cannon fishing sea lakes A sports expert is the guy who writes the best alibis for being wrong Jimmy Cannon guy writing sports A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another. Jimmy Cannon puck hockey player Joe Louis is a credit to his race - the human race. Jimmy Cannon credit boxing race A sportswriter is entombed in a prolonged boyhood. Jimmy Cannon boyhood He was a parade all by himself, a burst of dazzle and jingle, Santa Claus drinking his whiskey straight and groaning with a bellyache... Babe Ruth made the music that his joyous years danced to in a continuous party... What Babe Ruth is comes down, one generation handing it down to the next, as a nation heirloom. Jimmy Cannon party baseball drinking England produces the best fat actors. Jimmy Cannon produce england actors A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set Jimmy Cannon tvs fans sports I can't remember ever staying for the end of a movie in which the actors wore togas. Jimmy Cannon togas stay-strong actors Rooting for the Yankees is like owning a yacht. Jimmy Cannon yankees-baseball new-york-yankees yankees It is the best of all games for me. It frequently escapes from the pattern of sport and assumes the form of a virile ballet. It is purer than any dance because the actions of the players are not governed by music or crowded into a formula by a director. The movement is natural and unrehearsed and controlled only by the unexpected flight of the ball. Jimmy Cannon player baseball sports Hockey would be a great game... if played in the mud. Jimmy Cannon nhl hockey games I judge how much a man cares for a woman by the space he allots her under a jointly shared umbrella. Jimmy Cannon space love men He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a ballplayer. Ty Cobb was the best. That seemed to be all he wanted. Jimmy Cannon greatness sports character Ballplayers who are first to the dining room are usually last in batting averages. Jimmy Cannon lasts average rooms Women aren't embarrassed when they buy men's pajamas, but a man buying a nightgown acts as though he were dealing with a dope peddler. Jimmy Cannon women dope buying I suspect guys who say, "I just send out for a sandwich for lunch," as lazy men trying to impress me. Jimmy Cannon lazy-man work men [A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn. Jimmy Cannon curves baseball giving Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors
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