Subject: Misspokements (Page 7)

Most of my clichés aren’t original.

football coach
Misspokements Sports

We are not going to be any three-clouds-and-a-yard-of-dust team.

football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

Our goal is to score 27 points. If we can get two touchdowns and three field goals, we’ve got our 27 points.

(1937 – ) American football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

The atheist religion don’t believe in the Bible.

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

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.

professional basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

That’s cricket, Harry, you get these sort of things in boxing.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Boxing Colemanballs Misspokements Sports

If I look confused it is because I am thinking.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Appearance Intelligence Misspokements Speech Thinking

They throw Winfield out at second, but he’s safe.

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

I read part of it all the way through.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements

Not to put her up on a limestone, but my sister is really terrific.

Misspokements

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

American football coach
Activities Education Football Misspokements School Sports

I am not part of the problem, I am a Republican.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Misspokements Problems Speech

Reporter: What do you think of Tiger Woods?

Lyle: I don’t know; I’ve never played there.

professional golfer
Misspokements Sports

That’s why I don’t talk. Because I talk too much.

professional baseball player
Misspokements

It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager
Age Friends Misspokements People

There’s a shot up the alley… oh, it’s just foul.

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

I'll decide when to write my own obituary.

English cricketer
Misspokements Sports

If England lose now, they will be leaving the field with their heads between their legs!

English cricketer
Misspokements Sports

He was killed by a blushing crow.

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

Yes, but that’s our strongest weak point.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Misspokements

That's the fastest time ever run – but it's not as fast as the world record.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator
Colemanballs Misspokements Sports