i love the cliche's we get from sports..

I love the cliche's we get from sports. "Defense wins championships". "ya gotta be a horse to pull the wagon"., "Play like champions today". " I wanna thank god for ..." What the hell is a "barn burner?" I thought that if your barn is burned, isn't your "goose cooked"? When a team gets "taken behind the woodshed" does that mean they are getting a "whuppin"? If "defense wins Championships how come there are only I believe 7 super bowl M.V.P.'s out of 43 games? Why is the quarterback the highest paid player usually on most teams. The baseball all-star game this year gave the M.V.P. award to Carl Crawford for his outstanding catch to preserve the game for the American League. I remember watching a NHL all-star game once and I think Brodeur got the M.V.P. because he didn't allow a goal in his period of playing. Very rarely do the players who excel on defense get rewarded singularly for their excellence. When the Patriots defeated the Rams in the Super Bowl, I thought they would give the award to a defensive player but they didn't. I will the defense quote alone and move on to other fun ones.
In golf they say "you drive for show and putt for dough". So Hank Kuene, J.B. Holmes and John Daly can drive the ball to another planet but cannot putt to save their lives. When Tiger came on tour everyone seemed in awe that he could dive the ball so straight and hit his irons pretty far too. When he putted well he won. Phil Mickelson hits ball pretty far too but he is famous for shanking shots at the wrong time. He can putt like crazy but has moments that just defy logic. Some more quotes, "if you have two quarterbacks, you don't have one"!!!! I love this quote because every team needs more than one quarterback to be successful. You never know when you are going get that season ending injury. Ask the Patriots, Bengals, Eagles just to name a few. Who is Nellie? The coach from the Golden State Warriors? Keith Jackson used to say "Whoa Nellie" whenever someone did something that was outstanding and when something was pretty stupid. He loved talking about farm life as well. I embellish one his quotes," He is as happy as a pig rollin' around in bucket full of dookey on a saturday afternoon in Arkansas!!" I miss Keith Jackson on the telecasts these days. He should be allowed to do one game a year.
What is a "holy cow"? Phil Rizzuto called people 'Huckleberries'. Do people really get their "ankles broken" playing basketball. If you having a "maalox moment " then you need to be on the toilet. Chick Hearn equated a certain victory with the jello jiggling and eggs cooling in the refrigerator. So many quotes, so many memories ..