Subject: Misspokements (Page 49)

Tempo… now there's a big word.

English football player & commentator
Misspokements

For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Entertainment Misspokements Sports Television

You never ask why you’ve been fired because if you do, they’re liable to tell you.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Misspokements

We’ve lost our last eight matches. The only team that we have beaten is Western Samoa. It’s a good job we didn’t play the whole of Samoa!

Welsh rugby player
Misspokements Sports

Yes, but keep copies.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements

Tell them to stand closer apart.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements

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

The Mets just had their first .500 or better April since July of 1992.

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

You have tasted a whole worm!

(1844 – 1930) English dean at Oxford whose name is given to the accidental transposition of sounds of two or more words
Misspokements

Hi ho Silverwear… Away!

(1971 – ) American actress
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

Are you any relation to your brother Marv?

basketball player
Misspokements Sports

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they’ve had a bad day.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer
Football Misspokements Sports

If Lincoln were alive today, he’d roll over in his grave.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president
Communication Misspokements Speech

Frentzen is taking… er… reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Auto racing Misspokements Sports

That’s Hendrick’s 19th home run; one more and he reaches double figures.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer
Baseball Misspokements Sports

You're a liar. There ain't no “Hotel Episode” in Detroit!

professional baseball player
Misspokements Sports

Craig Bellamy has literally been on fire.

Scottish football player & manager
Communication Language Misspokements

He's usually a good puller – but he couldn't get it up that time.

Australian cricketer & commentator
Misspokements Sports

Anything happens in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator
Misspokements Sports

I’m due at the ballet. They’re doin’ Swoon Lake.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Misspokements TV/Movie Quotes

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Misspokements Mistakes People Self Speech