Subject: Misspokements (Page 33)

His feet were a long way away from his body!

Indian cricketer

Sure I've got one; it's a perfect twenty-twenty.

American football player

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)

I don't think he's a thousand percent mentally.

Irish football player, author & broadcaster

I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.

Australian football player

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

professional baseball player

The greatest thing just happened to me… I just got indicted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame; they had a standing observation for me.

football coach

I don’t think I’m alone when I say I’d like to see more and more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system.

Then I was skinnier, I hit it better, I putted better, and I could see better… other than that, everything is the same.

professional golfer

This boxer is doing what is expected of him, bleeding from his nose.

British sports commentator

And the line up for the final of the Women’s 400 metres hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I’m glad for your gratification.

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

Well, there’s only one thing I can say after that over, and that’s to clap my hands.

British sports commentator

I’ll give you a definite maybe.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

I have reiterated over again what I have said before.

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

It’s absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

No, I think that was when Abraham Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence. Ya know, “Fourscore and seven years ago.”

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

Ordinary tradegies of war.

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

The NFL, like life, is full of idiots.

football broadcaster

The Lord descend down a thundervolt.

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