Subject: Misspokements (Page 29)

No captain with all the hindsight in the world can predict how the wicket is going to play.

British sports commentator
Misspokements Sports

He can be as good as he wants to be, that's how good he can be.

English football player & announcer
Misspokements Sports

At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Misspokements

[singer] Jim Reeves died on the 31st July, 1964, but his career was not affected by his death.

English radio broadcaster
Misspokements

I got nothin’ against mankind; it’s people I can’t stand.

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

Spencer’s running across field calling out, ‘Come inside me, come inside me.’

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

Do you think that suppository is gonna be safe from me there, Edith?

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

Considering what he done, I think it was highly aproplactic.

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

He [Magic Johnson] comes into the league with all that fancy stuff and they call it magic; I’ve been doing it for years and they call it schoolyard.

professional basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

Marty Noble: How come you’re wearing argyle socks?
Myers: I’m not. I got these at Woolworth’s.

professional baseball player
Appearance Clothing Misspokements

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

football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Problems Sports

I believe what I said yesterday… I don’t know what I said, but I know what I think… and I assume it’s what I said.

(1932 – ) American businessman & U.S. Secretary of Defense
Misspokements

Laundryette

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

Someone came too sooner.

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

I'm flying by the edge of my seat.

Misspokements

Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.

English former football player & manager
Misspokements Sports

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I can tell you it’s a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator
Misspokements Sports

Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic.

professional baseball player
Misspokements Sports