Starting A Sports Career Mugs

Perils of the double play.

Good luck tonight, xoxo, Coach.

"Anyone here seen Swazee''s head?"

'How long did you play in the cactus league?'

American footballers with numbers correlating to their size.

"Well, dad. . . when I was a kid I got in trouble for trampling on the lawn or for beating up others. . . today, I get a lot of money for it!"

'Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, son. Someday you might sign autographs for money.'

"There will be a winning team and a losing team. Are you OK with that?"

'What distance! Pity it wasn't the hammer!'

"Did you know that when my mom played soccer, only the winner got a trophy?"

"I wanted to be a baseball player 'til I found out they send you to the showers."

Exercising

"Winning isn't everything, Josh. Not being the reason your team loses is everything."

I like what I'm seein' out there. This could be our year Wikowski.

"Gracie, I'm proud of you. Your team lost, but you tried your best and that's all that counts."

"Because when you're drafted by the pros, you'll have to be able to sign your contract. That's why you have to attend first grade."

'You play ball with me and I'll play ball with you!'

First Prize!

'Billy! Set your homework aside and get down here. There's another basketball recruiter here to see you.'

'Here we go again...'

"When you put on the uniform, you surrender a part of yourself."

"And the way you kids kick ass today will speak volumes about the leaders of tomorrow you will be."

Future Wrestler

"We would have won if it hadn't been for the other team."

Olympics create interest in curling.

"We won again, and guess what? A Russian oligarch wants to buy us!"

'It's all right, miss, I'm only loking for our cricket-ball!'

Charlie's medical advice always went in one ear and out the other.

'When you talk about playing, 'at the next level', you mean lawyering, right, not the NBA?'

The most probable explanation to the mind of a sixteen year old tennis star

'It's great that you want a career in football, Timothy, but don't you think being a striker would be more fun than being a goalpost.'

'I told my teacher that I won't be returning to school. I'm trying out for a pro basketball team, and her services are no longer required.'

'I want to be a professional Polo player too when I grow up...Can I have your autograph please?'

'When I grow up, if I don't become a pro basketball player, about about 'spin doctor'?'

"To be honest, it just collects dust."