With London having been awarded the Olympic Games, we'll be able to look forward to some memorable quotes from the British sporting press, such as these classics:
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"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)
"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)
"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)
"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)
"Morcelli has four fastest 1500-metre times ever. And all those times are at 1500 metres."
(David Coleman)
"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
(Metro Radio)
"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) |
Amazing what people say 
