Subject: Misspokements (Page 17)

Playing in this nice weather really makes me remember all the times I got stung by a bee.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

He's got too many oars in the fire.

I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket & flew to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed?

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

If England lose now, they will be leaving the field with their heads between their legs!

English cricketer

When those stalls open, the horses are literally going to explode.

British horse racing commentator

Here’s a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

Pretty soon somebody will come out of the dugout with a fork and get him.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Fear was absolutely necessary; without it, I would have been scared to death.

American boxing champion

Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000.

English football player & analyst

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season… one word and one word only – Super Bowl.

football coach

If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn’t be in this business.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Superiorority

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

Pedroza – the crown on his head hanging by a thread.

British sports commentator

It shows ‘us vs. them,’ and I’m on the ‘us’ side.

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

I lost it in the sun!

professional baseball player

The faster he goes, the quicker he’ll get to the pits; the slower he goes, the longer it will take.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I am providing you with a copulation of answers to several questions raised…

(1936 – ) American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C.

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

American Olympic decathlon champion

They stayed away in droves.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Reporter: What do you think of Tiger Woods?

Lyle: I don’t know; I’ve never played there.

professional golfer