Subject: Misspokements (Page 10)

She’s not [runner] Ben Johnson… but then, who is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

Stop soft soapin’ and trying to deterge the judge!

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

That’s Hendrick’s 19th home run; one more and he reaches double figures.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

The most overrated underrated player in baseball.

American writer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Behind every good decathlete, there's a good doctor.

American Olympic decathlon champion
Misspokements Sports

I’ll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right.

American professional boxer
Boxing Misspokements Sports

Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean.

baseball player
Communication Misspokements Reading/Writing

Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

(Bruce) Benedict may not be hurt as much as he really is.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Misspokements Sports

Let me explain what I do here; I don’t want to confuse you any more than absolutely necessary.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist
Misspokements

I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I always enjoy animal acts.

(1872 – 1933) 30th U.S. president
Misspokements

Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Education Misspokements Occupations

I want to be Robin to Bush’s Batman.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Misspokements

The privatesies of the bedroom.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements

Oh dear, I forgot to put my watch back to Swiss time.

English football player, manager & sports commentator
Misspokements

A well-boiled icicle

(1844 – 1930) English dean at Oxford whose name is given to the accidental transposition of sounds of two or more words
Misspokements

The United States has so much to offer the third world war.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor
Misspokements

I have reiterated over again what I have said before.

(1910 – 1991) American mayor (New York City)
Communication Misspokements

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Misspokements Speech

He (Julio Cesar Chavez) speaks English, Spanish, and he’s bilingual, too.

(1931 – ) American boxing promoter
Misspokements Sports