blondeaozichickOPMelbourne, Victoria Australia4,392 posts
Sports Quotes:
We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees. by Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing. by Dizzy Dean (explaining how he felt after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series)
I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father. by Greg Norman
Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win. Doug Collins, basketball commentator
This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother. by Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator
Half this game is ninety percent mental. by Danny Ozark Philadelphia Phillies manager
Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago. by David Coleman
I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body. by Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball
Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious. by Alan Minter
The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball. by John Francombe
If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again. by Terry Venables
For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all- yellow strip. by John Motson
There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class. by David Coleman at The Montreal Olympics
Of course, we have to give the Spokespersons and Government Officials their own section.
Question: "If you could live forever, would you and why?" Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever.' by Miss Alabama In The 1994 Miss Universe Contest
Smoking kills, and if you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. by Brooke Shields - Anti-smoking spokesperson
I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs. by Nancy Reagan former First Lady
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law. by David Dinkins, NY City Mayor, (answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes).
Outside of the killings, Washington DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. by Mayor Marion Barry, Washington DC
The police are not here to create disorder. They're here to preserve disorder. by former Chicago mayor Daley during the infamous 1968 Democratic Party convention
The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people that make them unsafe. by Frank Rizzo - former Philadelphia mayor & police chief
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. by former French president Charles de Gaulle
Ralf74Bacchus Marsh, Victoria Australia4,241 posts
Who said AFL players weren't smart.........
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." Mick Malthouse - Collingwood
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." Peter Bell - Fremantle - on his University Law studies
"You guys line up alphabetically by height." and "You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle." Barry Hall Sydney Captain at training
Brock Maclean (Melbourne) on whether he had visited the Pyramids during his visit to Egypt: "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is." Kevin Sheedy on James Hird
Jonathan Brown, on night Grand Finals vs Day Games "It's basically the same, just darker."
Ron Barassi talking about Gary Cowton "I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, Barass, I don't know and I don't care.'
Barry Hall (Sydney) when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first."
"Luke Hodge - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago" (Dermott Brereton).
"Chad had done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator." (Mark Williams)
"We actually got the winning goal three minutes from the end but then they scored." (Ben Cousins, West Coast Eagles)
"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body." (Luke Darcy).
"That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which was identical." (Dermott Brereton)
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." (Shane Wakelin)
"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in football - but none of them serious." (Adrian Anderson)
"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."(Andrew Demetriou)
"I would not say he (Chris Judd) is the best centreman in the AFL, but there are none better." (Dermott Brereton)
"I never comment on umpires and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat." (Terry Wallace)
Garry Lyon: "Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?" David Swartz: "On what?"
"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw."(Dermott Brereton)
"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer."(Dermott Brereton)
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We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.
by Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks
The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing.
by Dizzy Dean (explaining how he felt after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series)
I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.
by Greg Norman
Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.
Doug Collins, basketball commentator
This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.
by Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator
Half this game is ninety percent mental.
by Danny Ozark Philadelphia Phillies manager
Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago.
by David Coleman
I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.
by Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball
Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious.
by Alan Minter
The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball.
by John Francombe
If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.
by Terry Venables
For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all- yellow strip.
by John Motson
There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.
by David Coleman at The Montreal Olympics
Of course, we have to give the Spokespersons and Government Officials their own section.
Question: "If you could live forever, would you and why?"
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever.'
by Miss Alabama In The 1994 Miss Universe Contest
Smoking kills, and if you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.
by Brooke Shields - Anti-smoking spokesperson
I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.
by Nancy Reagan former First Lady
I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
by David Dinkins, NY City Mayor, (answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes).
Outside of the killings, Washington DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
by Mayor Marion Barry, Washington DC
The police are not here to create disorder. They're here to preserve disorder.
by former Chicago mayor Daley during the infamous 1968 Democratic Party convention
The streets are safe in Philadelphia, it's only the people that make them unsafe.
by Frank Rizzo - former Philadelphia mayor & police chief
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
by former French president Charles de Gaulle