Subject: Misspokements (Page 43)

They should move first base back one step to eliminate all those close plays.

professional baseball player

I think the family was from Hungaria.

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

As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?

(1964 – ) U.S. governor (Alaska) commentator & author

I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.

professional football player

Let's close our eyes and see what happens.

English football player

Here’s a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

How they arrived at their conclusions behooves me.

professional football player

It shows ‘us vs. them,’ and I’m on the ‘us’ side.

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

Tempo… now there's a big word.

English football player & commentator

They shouldn’t throw at me; I’m the father of five or six kids.

professional baseball player

It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

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

To hell with the cost, if it’s a good story, I’ll make it.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

This is their first single, and their most successful so far.

(1961 – ) American actor & comedian

She’s not [runner] Ben Johnson… but then, who is.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

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

professional baseball player

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)

Even if they had it in the streets, I wouldn’t go.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

What ya do in the privates of your own room is your own privates.

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

Nobody in football should be called a genius; a genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

American football player & commentator

Moses Kiptanui, the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago…

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

One of the great unknown champions because very little is known about him.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator