Subject: Misspokements (Page 4)

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
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They’ve picked their heads up off the ground and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.

English former football player & manager
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You're a liar. There ain't no “Hotel Episode” in Detroit!

professional baseball player
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[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.

professional basketball player
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This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria… I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing.

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

American boxing champion
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I don’t think there’s anybody in this organization not focused on the 49ers… I mean Chargers.

football coach
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They seem cold out there, they’re rubbing each other and he’s only come in his shorts.

television journalist & newscaster
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I couldn't settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country.

Welsh football player
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Not a good night for Zola Budd. She died on the last lap and finished fourth.

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Barack and Michelle Obama] have power in their words; they could refudiate [sic] what it is that this group is saying.

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author
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The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Gracie : Breakfast will be ready in six minutes.
George Edwards: Six minutes?
Gracie: Yeah, I just put on two three minute eggs.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

George W. Bush did a incredible job in the presidency, defending us from freedom.

(1950 – ) American politician & 47th governor of Texas
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That was a needle through the haystack job.

English football player
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We know where they are; they’re in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.

(1932 – ) American businessman & U.S. Secretary of Defense
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No use beating him over the head with a dead horse.

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I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.

American basketball player
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The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

Let’s stop the startwatch.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
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The hell with the toothpicks; they say them things bust your emammal anyhow.

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