Subject: Misspokements (Page 7)

He's usually a good puller – but he couldn't get it up that time.

Australian cricketer & commentator

Stephen Hendry jumps on Steve Davis’s misses every chance he gets.

professional snooker player & commentator

That’s the kind of luck poor Mr. Lincoln had the night he went to the movies, and he sat in John Wilkes’ booth.

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

These people haven’t seen the last of my face. If I go down, I’m going down standing up.

American basketball player

Wouldn’t have to live in miscomfort.

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

I’m not blind to hearing what everybody else hears.

professional baseball player

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

That slow motion doesn't show how fast the ball was traveling.

Australian cricketer & commentator

I don't think he's a thousand percent mentally.

Irish football player, author & broadcaster

The tiger, he come up with the tigeress. The lion, he come up with the lionette. The zebra, he come up with the zeberelle.

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

They want people like your mother down there because they know they ain’t got no pre-conscrewed ideas.

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

Nah, I’m just a prizefighter.

(1919 – 1990) American boxing champion

There’s a good animal show on with that kindly old gent, Marlons Perkos.

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

Craig Bellamy has literally been on fire.

Scottish football player & manager

She caught a touch of laryngosis from the smoke.

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

The way he’s swinging the bat, he won’t get a hit until the 20th century.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I can't tell who's leading… it's either Oxford or Cambridge.

British news commentator

I’ve won at every level, except college and pro.

American basketball player

The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.

(1961 – ) 44th U.S. president

[He’s] the ultimate player-to-be-named-later.

(1927 – ) professional baseball player & coach

The referee is the most important man in the ring besides the two fighters.

(1949 – ) American boxing champion