Kevin Keegan....when you come to this place you can't do any better than coming away with a draw.
Terry Venables....if you can't take the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen.
The bowlers Holding, the batsmans Willey. (That fine old gent).
"... as the Astros continue their slide into the depths of the summit." San Antonio broadcaster Gary DeLon
"And here's the pitch. It's a called strike. No wait it's a called ball. Well it's a ball and the umpire called it." Herb Score, broadcasting for the Cleveland Indians.
"Diz, we got a letter here from an English teacher. She says that your grammar and syntax are a bad example to American children." Buddy Blattner, baseball commentating partner to Dizzy Dean. Dizzy replied, "Syntax? Them jokers in Washington'll tax anything."
It was also Dizzy Dean who believed that the past participle of the verb "to slide" was "had sludded."
From the master himself, needs no introduction ...
"It's not quite a curve, it's a straight actually."
"This is an interesting circuit because it has inclines, and not just up, but down as well."
"The atmosphere is so tense you could cut it with a cricket stump."
"And we have had five races so far this year, Brazil, Argentina, Imola, Schumacher and Monaco."
"There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire."
"There is a man with a great Grand Prix future behind him."
Emmitt Smith: "I think the team that scores the most points will win the game"
Baseball announcer Gerry Coleman of the San Diego Padres has too many to list, but a few:
"Sanguillen is so unpredictable to pitch to because he is so unpredictable"
"The way he is swinging the bat, he's not going to get a hit until the 20th century"
"The Phillies beat the Cubs today, putting another keg in the Cubs coffin"
"There is someone warming up for the Giants, but he is obscured by his number"
"at the end, excitement maintained its hysteria"
One of John Motson's finest moments:
"And that's England's finest victory over the Germans since the war!"
