Subject: Misspokements (Page 44)

Unstoppable, Baby!

professional basketball player

One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

English football player, coach & manager

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

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

Your face is a household word.

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

I'm concentrating so much I don't know what I'm doing half the time.

British boxer

We got to practice a little bit. I want these guys to be bouncing around like a pogo stick on Viagra.

football coach

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.

professional football coach

From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.

(1950 – ) American politician & 47th governor of Texas

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

We expect them (Salvadoran officials) to work toward the elimination of human rights.

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

Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest; if you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.

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

There was three minutes to go about two minutes ago.

English football player & manager

Jenson Button is in the top ten… in eleventh position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I’ve never seen a game like this; every game this year has been like this.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Senna’s car is absolutely unique, apart from the one following, which is identical.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Hector Torres, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The lead is now 6.9 seconds… in fact, it’s just under 7 seconds.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I’m not an athlete; I’m a professional baseball player.

professional baseball player

He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

He's a leading leader on this football team.

American football coach

Here are some names to look forward to – perhaps in the future.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator