Subject: Misspokements (Page 23)

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

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

The first two-syllable word I learned when I was growing up was "discretion.”

Irish football player, author & broadcaster

That's the thing that broke the straw.

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

And now, coming into the game is the five-ton junior from Canton, Ohio.

My brain beats faster.

(1971 – ) American actress

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

I don’t like this new law, because your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him.

New Zealand rugby player & commentator

It tastes like any other sport drink.

Japanese marathoner

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)

He's the kind of player who usually comes along rarely and sometimes never.

(1927 – ) American football coach

It’s a humbling thing being humble.

Ohio State football player

He talks not probably enough yet, because of the experience he hasn't got.

English football player

The Queen's Park Oval -– as its name suggests, absolutely round!

cricket commentator

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. Well, I didn't live in this century.

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

The scene is dull; tell him to put more life into his dying.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Is that the best game you ever pitched?

The principles that were principled were non-principled.

(1938 – 2010) Russian politician

They will pass the father-son tandem of Buddy Bell and Yogi Berra.

(1922 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I want you all to synchronize your tongues to silence.

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

Concentration-wise, we’re having trouble crossing the line mentally from a toughness standpoint.

American football coach

He looks up at him through blood smeared lips.

British sports commentator