Sporting Comments

[Rondy]

Looking back on some funny sports comments.

"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)

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)

"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)

On Tony Adams' alchoholism: "It took a lot of bottle for Tony to own up."
(Ian Wright)

[DTCwordfan]

Coleman - Of steve Cram or was it seb Coe, in LA, 'He opens his legs and shows his class.'

Of David Wilkie in the pool in Montreal 'He's 25 metres from finishing and he's already home and dry.'