Subject: Misspokements (Page 49)

Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000.

English football player & analyst

Space is almost infinite; as a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.

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

Hawaii doesn’t win many games in the United States.

Indiana University football coach & sports commentator

Special kind of stanima.

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

Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna’s Lotus sounding rough?

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don’t deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.

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

These people know a lot about that voodoody-ohh-doo-doo.

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

Trailing 5-1, the Padres added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Of course the Soviet Union was bound to fall! It's on the edge of the map!

(1971 – ) American actress

If you lose your best cornerback and punter, I’d say that’s a double loss.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

Tony has a quick look between his legs and likes what he sees.

British commentator

Then I was skinnier, I hit it better, I putted better, and I could see better… other than that, everything is the same.

professional golfer

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

professional football coach

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.

professional baseball player & executive

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment; it’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

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

I really lack the words to compliment myself today.

skier

Well, there’s only one thing I can say after that over, and that’s to clap my hands.

British sports commentator

The sun doesn’t shine on the same dog’s butt every day but we sure didn’t expect a total eclipse.

American football player, coach & college athletics administrator

Moses Kiptanui, the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago…

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

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

(1946 – 2005) Irish professional football player

I've hit the nail on the jackpot.