Subject: Misspokements (Page 22)

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

British news commentator
Misspokements Sports

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

(1943 – ) British prime minister & politician
Conflict Fights Misspokements

No comment.

professional basketball player
Misspokements Sports

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
Baseball Misspokements Sports

Street hockey is great for kids. It’s energetic, competitive, and skillful… and best of all it keeps them off the street.

Canadian hockey player
Hockey Misspokements Sports

The Mets have gotten their leadoff hitter on base only once in this inning.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

I’m not allowed to comment on lousy officiating.

professional football general manager
Football Misspokements Sports

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)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

As I said before and I said yesterday, this is one of the key questions that will be decided or not decided at Edinburgh.

British politician & novelist
Misspokements

That puck would have gone in the net if not for the goalie.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer
Hockey Misspokements Sports

I’ve got ten pairs of training shoes… one for every day of the week.

(1966 – ) English dance-pop singer, actress & former model
Appearance Clothing Misspokements

Reporter: What did you think about the collective bargaining proposal?

Payton: (making $2,700,000 per year): People would have to cut their lifestyle, and they’d live like penny-pinchers.

professional football coach
Misspokements Money Sports

A sad ending, albeit a happy one, here at Montreal for today’s Grand Prix.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

I am not a man of faith, but my wife is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Beliefs Colemanballs Misspokements

The advantage of the rain is, that if you have a quick bike, there’s no advantage.

British motorcycle road racer
Misspokements Sports

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
Golf Misspokements Sports

Her husband was infidelicate with another woman.

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

In two words, impossible.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements

I think that was a moment of cool panic there.

English former football player & manager
Misspokements

It’s more than magnificent, it’s mediocre.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements

The faster he goes, the quicker he’ll get to the pits; the slower he goes, the longer it will take.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports Time