Subject: Misspokements (Page 38)

I’ve been dunked on by (Vitaly) Potapenko and now (Zan) Tabak; the good part is that they don’t make posters of those guys.

professional basketball player

He's standing there making a sitting target of himself.

English boxing manager & trainer

Now it comes to a simple equation – who can stand the heat.

British sports commentator

I’m not allowed to comment on lousy officiating.

professional football general manager

If my dead father was alive to hear that, it would kill him.

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

Coffee isn’t my cup of tea.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

There's three of us in the band, so we split everything straight down the middle.

(1947 – 2008) English drummer

Next week we'll be looking at the Tour de France, all those bicycles roaring through the countryside.

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Once the Earth goes, the planet is going to be next!

(1971 – ) American actress

U.S. history – that’s part of your whole American heresy.

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

I am not a man of faith, but my wife is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Next up is Fernando Gonzales, who is not playing tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

A husband’s conjungal and a wife’s convivial obligation.

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

On one hand, I'm indecisive; but on the other, I'm not.

You do the policy, I'll do the politics.

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

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

British sports commentator

Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

Ever since Renee, models from Iman to Cheryl Tiegs have only had one name!

(1971 – ) American actress

And there goes Juantorina down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.

BBC commentator