Subject: Misspokements (Page 48)

Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

British Olympic decathlon champion

I’ve never seen a guy on the DL [Disabled List] with pulled fat.

professional baseball player

Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we’re in.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

We’re going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

professional basketball player

I never make predictions and I never will.

English football player

It is now possible they can get the impossible score they first thought possible.

British cricket journalist

Even my players aren't players.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I never liked you, and I always will.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Mike Andrews' limits are limitless.

American baseball manager

It took me 20 years to memorize the deformaties of the room.

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

Between here and Florida, ya got your original 48 states.

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

I am not going to give you a number for it because it’s not my business to do intelligent work.

(1932 – ) American businessman & U.S. Secretary of Defense

Throwing bricks and bottles, it’s like a regular inserruption.

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

I told him no. N, O, W — no!

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

And the line-up for the final of the Women’s 400 meters hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Twelve for 23… it doesn't take a genius to see that's under 50 percent.

American sportscaster

Tell them to stand closer apart.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

He slides into second with a stand up double.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

My sport is about 90 percent strength and 40 per cent technique.

Wrist-wrestling champion