Quotes: Fishing

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I’d rather go fishing for three years.

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played – skiing, baseball, fishing – there is no greater example than golf, because you’re playing against yourself and nature.

Well, I love fishing. I wouldn’t kill a fly myself but I’ve no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that’s not the only reason.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.

Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you’ve known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night’s sleep?

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church.

Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone.

I’m fishing for men with a certain kind of bait, and the bait that I am offering is not a candy; it’s a very specific thing that I’m offering, which is a deep gospel and a deep conversion.

There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.