Subject: Misspokements (Page 8)

Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts.

American football player

I know the name, but I can’t replace the face.

professional baseball player

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

(1946 – 2005) Irish professional football player

The Lord is a shoving leopard.

(1844 – 1930) English dean at Oxford whose name is given to the accidental transposition of sounds of two or more words

 Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

professional baseball player & manager

You fail to overlook the crucial point.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

He (Julio Cesar Chavez) speaks English, Spanish, and he’s bilingual, too.

(1931 – ) American boxing promoter

And Michael Schumacher is actually in a very good position… he’s in last place.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I’m 50 years of old.

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

The only way that Miami will beat Florida St. is if they outscore them.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

Entertainment is a thing of the past, today we’ve got television.

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

Oh dear, I forgot to put my watch back to Swiss time.

English football player, manager & sports commentator

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

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

It is a full house at the Eden Gardens. Today, Calcutta is celebrating the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi!

cricket commentator

He hasn't been the normal Paul Scholes today, and he's not the only one.

English football player & analyst

From the way Denny’s shaking his head, he’s either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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

(1949 – ) American boxing champion

If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check.

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

I had a great idea this morning, but I didn’t like it.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Those amateur umpires are certainly flexing their fangs tonight.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

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