Sporting Quotes

             "Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a
              few weeks ago"
             (David Coleman)
 

             "We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the
              start of the  race,  only exactly the opposite"
             (Murray Walker)
 

             "He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his
              captain off!"
             (RTE's 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).
 

             On the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and
              living in Italy:
             "It was like being in a foreign country"
             (Ian Rush)
 

             "Bill Frindal has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a
              calculator"
             (John Arlott)
 

             "Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally
              against the run of play"
                (Peter Lorenzo)
 

             "We actually got the winner three minutes from the end
              but then they equalized"
            (Ian McNail)
 

             "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)
 

             We'll still be happy if we lose. It's on at the same time
              as the Beer  Festival'
             (Noel O' Mahony, Cork City boss before the game in
              Munich)
 

             '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)
 

             'I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break
              the habit of a lifetime for that prat'
                (Ron Atkinson)
 

             'It took a lot of bottle for Tony (Adams) to own up.'
             (Ian Wright - commenting on his teammate's alcoholism)
 

             '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)
 

             'Here we are in the Holy Land of Israel - a Mecca for
              tourists.'
             (David Vine)
 

             '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).
 

             'Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of.'
             (David Coleman)
 

             Dennis Pennis: 'Have you ever thought of writing your
              autobiography?'
             Chris Eubank: 'On what ?'
 

             'Sex is an anti-climax after that !' Grand
              National-winning jockey Mark Fitzgerald.
             'Well, you gave the horse a wonderful ride, everybody saw
              that'
             (Desmond Lynam)
 

             'To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.'
             (Ruud Gullit)
 

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

             'For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are
              in the all-yellow strip'
             (John Motson)
 

             '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 )
 

             'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona'
             (Mark Draper - Aston Villa)
 

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

             'And for those of you who watched the last programme
              (Fanny and Johnny Craddock), I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's'
              (David Coleman at the start of Match of The Day)
 

             ..and Ray Illingworth is relieving himself in front of
              the pavilion'
             (John Arlott)
 

             'These greens are so fast they must bikini wax them'
             (Gary McCord on the greens at Augusta)
 

             'One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so
              well is that, before each round,
             his wife takes out his balls and kisses them - Oh my God,
              what have I just said?'
             (USTV commentator)