General Sports Quotes

'There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class' (David Coleman - commenting on the pedigree of the athlete during the Montreal Olympics)



'Strangley, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air even longer' (David Acefield - a footballer with brains to burn!!!)



'Well you gave the horse a wonderful ride, everybody saw that' (Desmond Lynam - ex BBC presenter)



'Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally against the run of play.'
(Peter Lorenzo - football 'pundit'.)



'I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.'
(Winston Bennett.)



"Ardiles strokes the ball like it is part of his own anatomy."

Jimmy Magee, commentating on the biological understanding which Argentine legend Ozzie Ardiles has with his ball!!



"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
George Best summarizing his investments throughout his footballing career.



"Zidane is not very happy, because he's suffering from the wind" Another priceless quote from the amin man Ron Atkinson



"The Croatians don't play well without the ball" - Insightful commentary by Barry Venison during Euro 2004



"Moreano thought that the full back was gonna come up behind and give him one really hard" - Big Ron



"I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won."
Muhammad Ali.

“And Hyypia rises like a giraffe to head the ball clear.”
(George Hamilton commenting on the Liverpool central defender known for his mighty leaps.)

"An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal."
(Dave Bassett, speaking on Sky Sports)



"My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7." David Beckham



"That would have been a goal if the goalkeeper hadn't saved it." (Kevin Keegan, ex-England manager and player)



"We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite"
( Murray Walker - F1 Motor racing Commentator)



"Apart from their goals, Norway haven't scored" – (Terry Venables – commenting on Norway during a World Cup Qualifier.)



“Italy are preparing to make a substitution - and it is, the unmistakable figure............of Roberto Baggio” (George announces the arrival on the pitch of..... Gianluca Vialli. Unfortunately, the two subs had got their shirts mixed up).



“I'm not concerned if we are one of the three worst, I want us to be the fourth best down there." (Leaving Sunderland , Howard Wilkinson was rightly proud of easily achieving his goal.)



"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country." Ian Rush



"I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs..." Andy Gray, Sky Sports

Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece : "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."