Subject: Misspokements (Page 15)

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

They just wanna get rid of us old guys over 50 that’s all, and put us out to pasture. Well I ain’t ready to be pasteurized!

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

Third base is certainly a reactionary position.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

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

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

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

I would have given my right arm to be a pianist.

British football commentator

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)

I told him he’d have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

It was close for Zaheer, Lawson threw his hands in the air and Marsh threw his head in the air.

cricket commentator

It’s time for the human race to enter the solar system.

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

I don’t care what the tape says… I didn’t say it.

football coach

 This job is better than I could get if I used my college degree, which, at this point, I can't remember what it was in.

professional football player

There’s an old saying: “Ya don’t keep runnin’ after you catch the bus.”

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

And now Jacques Laffitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Laffitte.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

He just can't believe what isn't happening to him.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

I want to thank each and every one of you for having extinguished yourselves this session.

Texas politician

I’ve gone where the hand of man has never set foot.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

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

cricket commentator

I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.

American basketball player