Subject: Misspokements (Page 4)

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

American boxing champion
Boxing Misspokements Sports

I’m due at the ballet. They’re doin’ Swoon Lake.

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

Let’s bring it up to date with some snappy 19th-century dialogue.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
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I’m a golfer – not an athlete.

professional golfer
Golf Misspokements Sports

That puck would have gone in the net if not for the goalie.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer
Hockey Misspokements Sports

I play football. I’m not trying to be a professor. The tests don’t seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven’t been through in school.

Football Misspokements Sports

That sure did take the steam out of his sails.

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They just wanna get rid of us old guys over 50 that’s all, and put us out to pasture. Well I ain’t ready to be pasteurized!

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

 I want a school my football team can be proud of.

(1905 – 1998) botanist, author & University of Oklahoma president
Education Football Misspokements School Sports

I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me; I want all the kids to copulate me.

professional baseball player
Misspokements Sports

He is a very dangerous bowler… innocuous, if you like.

cricket coach
Misspokements Sports

The question looming over Magri, is not will he keep the title, but can he?

British sports commentator
Boxing Misspokements Sports

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is ‘to be prepared.’

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

I used to go missing a lot – Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss Germany…

(1946 – 2005) Irish professional football player
Dating Misspokements

It’s almost like we have ESPN.

professional basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

He can be lethal death.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Death Misspokements

The front wheel crosses the finish line, closely followed by the back wheel.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

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
Basketball Misspokements Sports

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

Misspokements Sports

It’s waddya call… wash your hands.

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

It will have a special time on our plate.

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