Subject: Misspokements (Page 7)

She caught a touch of laryngosis from the smoke.

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

I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.

Australian football player

I would have become a Hare Krishna but I didn’t want to become a vegetarian… and that is honestly the reason why – because I’m Italian, I love meatballs!

(1969 – ) U.S. Representative (Delaware)

I've got my faults, but living in the past isn't one of them; there's no future in it.

(1934 – 2010) American baseball manager

I’m not a believer in luck… but I do believe you need it.

The final score after eight innings is Giants 3, Padres 2.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Clint Eastwood is arriving… and here is Raquel Welch’s car… and here’s Alfred Hitchcar’s cock.

They can say what they want, but playoff hockey is a whole other ballgame.

You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.

(1922 – ) boxing trainer & manager

You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

… another dropped out when diarrhea slowed him to the point of elimination.

Cycling commentator

Can’t you be indelicate for once?

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

That's the thing that broke the straw.

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

The drivers have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch, and one on the throttle.

auto racing commentator

I don’t pay any attention to him… I don’t even ignore him.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

If I wasn’t talking, I wouldn’t know what to say.

(1958 – ) Canadian hockey player & announcer

I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

Now it comes to a simple equation – who can stand the heat.

British sports commentator

I read part of it all the way through.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

If (Pete) Rose’s streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

They speak all the languages of the rainbow here.

Scottish auto racer