Subject: Misspokements (Page 12)

Dave Wottle has completely misjudged this race… and here comes Wottle!

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

He’s got his hands on his knees and holds his head in despair.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

No fighter comes into the ring hoping to win – he goes in hoping to win.

English boxing champion

(After playing an exhibition game in Canada, Logan was surprised to learn that even the kids speak French.)

professional baseball player

We’ve got to find a way to win; I’m willing to start cheating.

professional football player

Here’s a guy who when he runs, he moves faster.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

And there’s the man in the green flag!

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

There's a deep fly ball… Winfield goes back, back… his head hits the wall… it's rolling towards second base.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I'm concentrating so much I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

British boxer

He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

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

American Olympic decathlon champion

Modeling is such a great job! Maybe I could be one of the ones in store windows.

(1971 – ) American actress

Always we in Russia have something erect that we don’t need instead of what is needed.

(1938 – 2010) Russian politician

I’m willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

It is not enough to be abstinent with other people, you also have to be abstinent alone; the Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery…. you can’t masturbate without lust!

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

Voosa Versa

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

New York Champagne – that’s a phony label; they don’t grow raisins in New York.

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

 Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

professional baseball player & manager

I make no apologies for their absence… I’m sorry they’re not here.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

You mix two jiggers of scotch with one jigger of Metracal [a diet supplement]; so far, I’ve lost five pounds and my driver’s license.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

… New Jersey?

(1973 – ) American actress