Subject: Misspokements (Page 16)

In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg… but leukemia is worse still.

English former football player & manager

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

British Olympic decathlon champion

Serkin was so sick he almost died for three days.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

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

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

Hats off to drug abusers everywhere.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

(We) should be allowed to wear shorts; God almighty, (LPGA) women are allowed to wear ‘em, and we’ve got better legs than they do.

professional golfer

Of course the Soviet Union was bound to fall! It's on the edge of the map!

(1971 – ) American actress

Today Chicago, tomorrow's Saturday.

(1971 – ) American actress

Niloleum

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

All of ‘em, any of ‘em that have been in front of me over all these years.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

I have opinions of my own – strong opinions – but I don’t always agree with them.

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president

That’s the fourth extra base hit for the Padres – two doubles and a triple.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Our offense is like the Pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

American basketball player

They shouldn’t throw at me; I’m the father of five or six kids.

professional baseball player

He’s 31 this year – last year he was 30.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

When my dad was explaining the facts of life to me, he drew me a big diaphragm.

(1927 – ) American comedian

And as Mansell comes into the pits, he’s quite literally sweating his eyeballs out.

Is that the best game you ever pitched?

There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, ‘You never know.’

professional baseball player

It was close for Zaheer, Lawson threw his hands in the air and Marsh threw his head in the air.

cricket commentator