“This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria…I saw her snatch this
morning and it was amazing.”
(Pat Glenn - Weightlifting commentator)

“This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.”
(Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator)

“Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Darryl Gibson comes inside
of him”
(NZ rugby commentator)

“He’s pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his
captain off!”
(Soccer commentator George Hamilton on Spain manager Luis
Suarez’s substitution of Butragueno during their world cup
qualifier with Ireland in Seville, 1992)

“The black players at this club lend the side a lot of
skill and flair, but you also need white players in there
to balance things up and give the team some brains and some common
sense.”
(Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades, speaking in 1991)

“I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my
body”
(Winston Bennett)

“The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one
behind it which is identical”
(Murray Walker)

“I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and
father”
(Greg Norman)

“Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but
none of them serious”
(Alan Minter)

“The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball”
(John Francombe)

If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the
same thing again”
(Terry Venables)

“I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left winger
in the Premiership, but there are none better.”
(Ron Atkinson)

“He dribbles a lot and the opposition don’t like it - you
can see it all over their faces.”
(Ron Atkinson)

“Ah, isn’t that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president
is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew.”
(Harry Carpenter - BBC TV Boat Race 1977)

“Morcelli has four fastest 1500-metre times ever. And all
those times are at 1500 metres.”
(David Coleman)

“Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven
Dicks on the field.”
(Metro Radio)

“and later we will have action from the men’s cockless
pairs…”
(Sue Barker)

“Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.”
(Ron Atkinson)

“Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to
hang in the air for even longer.”
(David Acfield)

“What will you do when you leave football, Jack, will you
stay in football?”
(Stuart Hall - Radio 5 live )

“There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his
legs and showing his class”
(David Coleman at The Montreal Olympics)