Subject: Misspokements (Page 46)

I said to her, make sure the rug says ‘optimistic person comes to work.’

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

These two teams are mirror images of themselves.

I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you? … Is it ignorance or apathy?’

He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.’

American basketball coach & executive

Why did you do that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Most people my age are dead at the present time.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Clint Eastwood is arriving… and here is Raquel Welch’s car… and here’s Alfred Hitchcar’s cock.

There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, ‘You never know.’

professional baseball player

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

The game was closer than the score indicated.

professional baseball player

These ball boys are marvellous; you don’t even notice them; there’s a left-handed one over there that I noticed earlier.

Tennis commentator

Azinger is wearing an all black outfit: black jumper, blue trousers, white shoes and a pink tea-cosy hat.

British sports announcer

The time in the world has gotten shorter so it doesn't take so long to get to Australia.

English football player

…a movie about nuns, starring Ingrid Bernstein.

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

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

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

The fans like to see Balde wear his "shirt on his sleeve."

Scottish football player

I am providing you with a copulation of answers to several questions raised…

(1936 – ) American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C.

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

(1947 – 2008) English drummer

We have completed all the items: from A to B.

(1938 – 2010) Russian politician

This has been a great season for Nelson Piquet, as he is now known, and always has been.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

These hemorrhoids are a real pain in the neck.