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Sport Gaffes
"Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is
kissing the cox of the Oxford crew."
-- Harry Carpenter (BBC TV, University Boat Race 1977)
"The batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willey."
-- Brian Johnston (as Michael Holding faced Peter Willey)
"And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening
his legs and showing his class."
-- David Coleman
"We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz
is 80 seconds behind."
-- David Coleman
"On another night, they'd have won 2-2."
--Ron Atkinson (commenting on a Valencia-Liverpool Match)
"He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64
seconds and the one before in 62."
-- David Coleman
"That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as
the world record."
-- David Coleman
"And Britain defeats the rest of the world to pick up the
bronze medal."
-- Unknown
"The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the
whirlwind."
-- Sebastian Coe
"Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is
kissing the cox of the Oxford crew."
-- Harry Carpenter (BBC TV, University Boat Race 1977)
"The batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willey."
-- Brian Johnston (as Michael Holding faced Peter Willey)
"And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening
his legs and showing his class."
-- David Coleman
"We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz
is 80 seconds behind."
-- David Coleman
"On another night, they'd have won 2-2."
--Ron Atkinson (commenting on a Valencia-Liverpool Match)
"He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64
seconds and the one before in 62."
-- David Coleman
"That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as
the world record."
-- David Coleman
"And Britain defeats the rest of the world to pick up the
bronze medal."
-- Unknown
"The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the
whirlwind."
-- Sebastian Coe
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