Subject: Misspokements (Page 52)

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

The lights are shining quite darkly.

cricket commentator

If everything were going good for him, he'd be having success.

American hockey coach

Even my players aren't players.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season… one word and one word only – Super Bowl.

football coach

Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.

(1923 – ) English motorsport 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

I’ve gone where the hand of man has never set foot.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

A bachelor’s life is no life for a single man.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

If you understand English, press 1; if you do not understand English, press 2.

I got nothin’ against mankind; it’s people I can’t stand.

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

Gentlemen, I have nothing to say. Any questions?

professional ice hockey player & coach

I can't understand the notoriety of people.

English football player & manager

I was in Moldova airport and I went into the duty-free shop – and there wasn’t a duty-free shop.

British football player

And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The team has come along slow but fast.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Nothing means nothing, but it isn’t really nothing because nothing is something that isn’t.

professional basketball player

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

British news commentator

That's no remedy for success.

English football player

The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off!

(1926 – ) English sports commentator