"And here's Moses Kiptanui,
the 19 year old Kenyan,
who turned 20 a few weeks
ago." (David Coleman)
"Its a great advantage
to be able to hurdle with both
legs" (David Coleman)
"Once Tony Daley opens
his legs you've got a problem."
(Howard Wilkinson)
"We now have exactly
the same situation as we had at the
start of the race, only
exactly the opposite." (Murray Walker)
After playing Cameroon
in the 1990 world cup finals: "We
didn't underestimate
them. They were just a lot better than
we thought." (Bobby Robson)
"And with an alphabetical
irony, Nigeria follows
New Zealand." (David
Coleman)
On the difficulties
of adjusting to playing football and
living in Italy: "It
was like being in a foreign country."
(Ian Rush)
"Fred Davis, the doyen
of snooker, now 67 years of age and too
old to get his leg over,prefers
to use his left hand."
(Ted Lowe)
"Ah! Isn't that nice,
the wife of the Cambridge President is
kissing the cox of the
Oxford crew." (Harry Carpenter)
Jimmy Hill: "Don't sit
on the fence Terry. What chance do
you think Germany has
of getting through?
Terry Venables: "I think
it's 50-50."
"We actually got the
winner three minutes from the end, but
then they equalised."
(Ian McNail)
"I never comment on
referees, and I'm not going to break
the habit of a lifetime
for that prat." (Ron Atkinson)
"I was in a no-win situation,
so I'm glad that I won rather
than lost." (Frank Bruno)
"There's going to be
a real ding-dong when the bell goes."
(David Coleman)
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"There is Brendan Foster,
by himself, with 20,000 people."
(David Coleman)
"The lead car is absolutely
unique, except for the one behind
it which is identical."
(Murray Walker)
"I can see the carrot
at the end of the tunnel." (Stuart Pearce)
"I owe a lot to my parents,
especially my mother and father."
(Greg Norman)
"There have been injuries
and deaths in boxing, but none
of them serious." (Alan
Minter)
"Watch the time. It
gives you an indication of how fast they
are running." (Ron Pickering)
"Just under 10 seconds
for Nigel Mansel. Call it 9.5 seconds
in round numbers." (Murray
Walker)
"A brain Scan revealed
that Andrew Caddick is not suffering
from stress fracture
of the shin." (Jo Sheldon)
"The French are not
normally a Nordic Skiing Nation."
(Ron Pickering)
"That's inches away
from being millimetre perfect." (Ted Lowe)
"Bobby Gould thinks
I'm trying to stab him in the back. In fact
I'm right behind him."
(Stuart Pearson)
"I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan
for nothing if the price is right."
(Marlon Starling)
"If history repeats
itself, I should think we can expect the
same thing again."
(Terry Venables)
"I can't tell who's
leading. It's either Oxford or Cambridge."
(John Snagge - Boat Race
between Oxford and Cambridge)
"The Queen's Park Oval,
exactly as its name suggests, is
absolutely round."
(Tony Crozier)
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