Classic Sports Commentator Comments
Classic Sports Commentator Comments
“Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Darryl Gibson comes inside of him”
(NZ rugby commentator)
“This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria….I saw her snatch this
morning and it was amazing.”
(Pat Glenn - Weightlifting commentator)
“This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.”
(Ted Walsh -Horse Racing Commentator)
“He’s pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain
off!”
(Soccer commentator 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)
“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)
“If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same
thing again”
(Terry Venables)
“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)
“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)
“Julian Dicks is everywhere. It’s like they’ve got eleven Dicks
on the field.”
(Metro Radio)
“Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.”
(Ron Atkinson)
“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)
“There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs
and showing his class”
(David Coleman at The Montreal Olympics)
“One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is
that, before each tee-shot, his wife takes out his balls and
kisses them……….. Oh my God, what have I just said?”
(USTV commentator)