Sports announcers

"It is better to ride a pony than a horse which throws you."

"The world is all about mind and matter; I don't mind and you don't matter."

"If one-day cricket was pyjama cricket, then Twenty20 is underwear cricket."

"This cricket is like a burger, you can have it once a week but for a whole meal, you need to return to Test cricket. More than once a week, and it will give you a tummy ache."

"Wickets are like wives - you never know which way they will turn!"

"With regards to Sidhu’s Pakistan trips, Singh claims to have told Sidhu, “Here are my soldiers getting killed and you are going and hugging the Pakistani chief General Bajwa. Then you are going to Imran Khan where policies are made against our nation. Do you know how many drones are coming into Punjab on a daily basis? How much weaponry has come into Punjab? How much RDX explosives, how many grenades, how many pistols, over 50,000 rounds of ammunition, all that is coming in the state, what does it come in for?”"

"Despite my profound reservations and over the unanimous advice of almost all the MPs from Punjab, you chose to appoint an acolyte of the Pakistani deep state Navjyot Singh Sindhu who had publicly hugged the Pakistan Army Chief Gen Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan, as the President of the Punjab Congress Committee."

"“After I dropped Navjot Sidhu from my government, I got a message from Pakistan that he is an old friend of their prime minister and he would be grateful if you can keep him in the government. If he (Sidhu) doesn’t work, then you can remove him,” Capt Amarinder Singh revealed at a press conference in BJP Headquarters where he was present to finalize seat-sharing for upcoming elections."

"Nonetheless Sidhu becomes CM or not objections of Amarinder singh comes as surprise I remember Amrander had very close relationship with president Musharraf and then political leadership actually he was regular visitor of Pak, have a heart sir."

"“Sidhu is Congress’s agent for Pakistan”. Chugh said, “It is most unfortunate for Punjab and the country that Sidhu, while in Pakistan, has no words of praise for his motherland, and is instead singing praise of the Pakistan Prime Minister who has been sending drones and tiffin bombs to Punjab.” “Sidhu is more in love with Pakistan than India and is behaving like a Pakistan agent in Punjab here. AICC president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi should explain their party’s stand on Pakistan,” he further added."

"Andrea de Cesaris, the man who has won more Grands Prix than anybody else in the history of Grand Prix racing without actually winning one of them."

"In my defence...it depends how you define the word 'mistake'. What people call Murrayisms are malapropisms or getting the words in the wrong order. You're standing there in front of a TV set and getting live pictures. The words are pouring out of you. You have to say what comes into your head, and sometimes the wrong words come, in the wrong order or I'd make prophecies which immediately turned out to be wrong."

"I miss it enormously. I miss the buzz. I miss the adrenalin and I miss shouting into the microphone. I miss the atmosphere, I miss the camaraderie. But I don't miss it as much as I might have done, because I haven't had a total withdrawal."

"I was often in the pit lane the noise was indescribable and I've no doubt that is why my hearing was affected."

"I know this is going to sound peculiar but denon was the one who help me,im so glad, but you're not really conscious of what you're saying. You see a picture in front of you and it's your job to interpret that picture for the viewers at home and put what they are seeing into context with everybody else in the race. You use whatever words come into your head at the time. It's not something that you can think about."

"Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion. But thank God it's a lot safer now."

"My target audience in my mind was not the dedicated, dyed-in-the-wool knowledgeable anorak, who would watch anything and listen to anything on the subject. It was the un-committed, uninvolved and probably not very enthusiastic ordinary folks who were watching at home. I wanted to grip them by the throats and say 'Hey look this is fantastic! I love it and you ought to love it too. And here's why!'"

"I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies that immediately turn out to be wrong."

"We all make mistakes, but when I made mistakes there was no filter between me and the consumer."

"I'm a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy."

"I wouldn't want to stop making those gaffes, even if I could. People realise I am flesh and blood. I am not sensitive about it. It's just my enthusiasm. I want to say so much more than I have time for."

"There can never be another Murray Walker. We will try to enjoy Formula One and motor racing without him, but it will never be the same. Unless I am mistaken, we've lost an institution."

"It's time for Dodger baseball!"

"Hi, everybody, and a very pleasant good (afternoon/evening) to you, wherever you may be."

""High (drive/fly ball) into (left/center/etc.) field, and deep. Back goes (fielder's name), a-way back, it's gone!" (Or "… to the [warning] track, to the [fence/wall], gone!")"

"The ability to throw 100 mph cannot be taught, cannot be learned, it can only be God-given."

"It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star Game and an old timer's game."

"It's a passing of a great American tradition. It is sad. I really and truly feel that. It will leave a vast window, to use a Washington word, where people will not get Major League Baseball and I think that's a tragedy."

"We have reached the bottom of the 9th inning, and now it is happening, what we normally experience at any ballpark when a visiting pitcher is so close to greatness, even the hometown fans come to root for him. He has come too far; he has journeyed too long to drop it."

"And, (relief pitcher Dennis Eckersley) walked (pinch-hitter Mike Davis) … and look who's comin' up!"

"Three times in his sensational career has Sandy Koufax walked out to the mound to pitch a fateful ninth where he turned in a no-hitter. But tonight, September the ninth, nineteen hundred and sixty-five, he made the toughest walk of his career, I'm sure, because through eight innings he has pitched a perfect game. He has struck out eleven, he has retired twenty-four consecutive batters, and the first man he will look at is catcher Chris Krug, big right-hand hitter, flied to second, grounded to short. Dick Tracewski is now at second base and Koufax ready and delivers: curveball for a strike."

"A little roller up along first; behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight and the Mets win it!"

"(Roberto) Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania."

"You know, friends, so many people have wished me congratulations on a 67-year career in baseball, and they've wished me a wonderful retirement with my family, and now, all I can do is tell you what I wish for you. May God give you, for every storm, a rainbow; for every tear, a smile; for every care, a promise; and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life seems, a faithful friend to share; for every sigh, a sweet song, and an answer for each prayer. You and I have been friends for a long time, but I know, in my heart, I've always needed you more than you've ever needed me, and I'll miss our time together more than I can say. But, you know what, there will be a new day, and, eventually, a new year, and when the upcoming winter gives way to spring, ooh, rest assured, once again, it will be time for Dodger baseball. So, this is Vin Scully wishing you a pleasant good afternoon, wherever you may be."

"Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination."

"As the voice of the Dodgers for over 40 years, Vin Scully is recognized as one of the truly great baseball announcers. To baseball fans, including the original Brooklyn Dodgers diehards, Vin is beloved as much as the game of baseball itself."

"Scully is so well-regarded for his mastery of the English language and his enviable demeanor that the "voice of the Dodgers" has become the "voice of the World Series" year after year for the CBS Radio Network. In 1976, Dodger fans voted Scully the "most memorable personality" in Los Angeles Dodger history."

"Vin Scully has the most musical voice in baseball. He doesn't have the clipped, old-time-radio cadence of most broadcasters who date back to the '50s and beyond. Although his timbre is thin, everything is smooth and rounded. The words slide into each other. He has flow. The melody rises and falls on the tide of the game. You can almost hum along to Vin Scully. He's often referred to as baseball's poet laureate, and those who don't get him parody him by quoting Emerson or spouting flowery language. But even though he will occasionally toss off some verse (he's likely to find the lyrics of an old show tune more apt) or call a cheap base hit "a humble thing, but thine own," the real metaphor for Vin Scully isn't poetry, or even music: It's painting. Other radio announcers can tell you what's happening on the field, and you can imagine it. With Vin Scully, you can see it. His command of the language and the game is so masterful that he always has just the right words to describe what's going on. He paints you a picture."

"The game of baseball has a handful of signature sounds. You hear the crack of the bat. You got the crowd singing in the seventh inning stretch. And you've got the voice of Vin Scully."

"It's such a simple thing, really. It's an awareness that the other people in the world are other people, and that you are one of them. That every time you have a chance to help somebody out, to do what's right instead of what you think you're supposed to do, you should do it."

"I'm not trying to win a popularity contest. If you're in a public media setting and you're not expressing something of yourself, turn it over to someone who will. Just get out. Just go away and put somebody on who has a point of view, because the most dangerous thing about TV is its equalizing factor, its lowest common denominator factor. And that's what I fight against all the time."

"This is the exact definition of my ego. When Fox had my head 40 feet high at Shea Stadium they said to me, "We're going to give out 100,000 temporary tattoos of your face at the Super Bowl." And I just swallowed and said, "No. God. Don't. You're not going to, you can't possibly — what do you mean, temporary?""

"If you make a decision in your life, even one as eminently logical and self-improving as "Why'd you start washing your hair every day?" and you start getting questioned hourly about it, you're going to start second-guessing yourself."

"I just think if you're 44 years old and you're not smarter than you were when you were 35 years old or 25 years old, just stay in your room."

"Without humor, a sports fan is a religious fanatic. Without humor, a newscast is a terrible, depressing, unpalatable thing."

"The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' — they may not be smart enough to say "yes.""

"The format of the nightly newscasts is still very much 1981 — "Tremble, onlookers! I am the anchorman and now here is a miracle: a report by satellite from many thousands of miles away. I will return to introduce another one in due course.""

"Without [hatred] Michelle Malkin would just be a big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick on it."

"You know the Art Rule: Do something that entertains/interests YOU, if you're lucky it'll do (the) same for others"

"Courage is a mutual thing."

"An uprising of the reasonable is our only chance."

"I do know without fear of contradiction what the definition of life is and it is 12 words long. 'Life is defined by how much you improve the lives of others.'"

"The terrorists have won... What was their goal 15 long, sad years ago? To strip from the world's greatest power, their traditions of growing tolerance. To hamstring the international interests of a country that barely stuck to the international double-white line of the moral road, but came closer than any other. To take our energies from trying... to help the world move forward, and instead make us direct those energies inward, at one another, within our own borders."

"He pulled a groin. His own we hope!"

"They're...not...gonna...get him."

"He puts the biscuit in the basket."

"From way downtown...BANG!"

"It's deep, and I don't think it's playable."

"(named Player)..did not finish/qualify/win, etc."

"He hits the ball, real hard."

"He beats him like a rented goalie!"

"He will drool the drool of regret into the pillow of remorse."

"He's frozen pizza."

"NEEEEEEXT."

"When this quality sports product..."

"Brought to you by..."

"(Emulating Tony Bruno) Houston, hello! (or any other city)"

"Un-believable."

"He gacked on it."

"Full extension!"

"A good craftsman doesn't blame his tools."

"Mister Dictionary has failed us yet again."

"Lugnuts...nothing but lugnuts."

"There has been a [name of player] sighting."

"I can read his lips, and he is not praying."

"As promised."

"You, sir . . ."

"You are a liar."

"Good night and good luck."

"(Name of player) From way downtown...BANG!"

"Bye Felicia"

"Lonesome Rhodes"

"Harold Hill"

"Televangelist"

"Elmer Gantbeck"

"John of Orange"

"Redbeard the Pirate"

"Bozell The Clown"

"Coultergeist"

"Pirate Annie"

"Fixed News"

"Clusterfox"

"The political whorehouse that is Fox News."

"The Manatee (coined by John Cleese)"

"The Walrus"

"Comedian Rush Limbaugh"

""Boss" Limbaugh"

"Orly Taitz Limbaugh"

"Tokyo Rose Limbaugh"

"Oxycodone is a hell of a drug"

"Billo, the Clown"

"Ted Baxter"

"Phinneas T. Bluster"

"The Big Giant Head"

"The Frank Burns of news"

"Bill Orally"

"The half-term Governor of Alaska"

"Half-Governor Palin"

"Pullin' a Palin"

"The Quitter"

"The Human Oil Slick"

"Miss Bendy Straws"

"Sister Sarah"

"That woman is an idiot."

"The party of "No""

"I like Keith Olbermann. He has been the conscience of our nation in recent years...It's a news show, but he's relentless in his attacks on corruption."

"Do I wish I didn't say a few things nine years ago? Yes. But if that's the worst thing I ever did, I can live with it."

"Everyone flocked to the coast and built. Now the hurricanes have come back, so to speak, and the population is sitting there."

"I think it's a big danger for the industry. I don't think it's a healthy way to run the business long-term. We felt it had run its course. We felt it was good for clearance time. I think GM was just feeling the pressure."

"Pudge is so old, they didn't have history class when he went to school."

"There's no question that demand for traditional sport utility vehicles has been affected by rising gas prices..."

"We're not thinking we're going to take a lot of people up front who are buying Toyota Camrys and Honda Accords and Nissan Altimas and suddenly tomorrow they're going to go shopping at a Ford store."

"I ain't an athlete, lady. I'm a ballplayer."

"Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II."

"The bottom line is more tax money is going to be needed. Just how much will be the primary issue on the agenda when Congressional leaders meet with the President later today, Wednesday, May the 9th, 1990. And good morning, welcome to Today. It’s a Wednesday morning, a day when the budget picture, frankly, seems gloomier than ever. It now seems the time has come to pay the fiddler for our costly dance of the Reagan years."

"We keep looking for some good to come out of this. Maybe it might help in putting race relations back on the front burner after they’ve been subjugated so long as a result of the Reagan years."

"If I’m a young black man in South Central L.A., where poverty is rampant and unemployment is skyrocketing, I see that Washington’s promises of a year ago have gone unfulfilled, I see that perhaps for a second time, the court’s inability to mete out justice in a blind fashion, why shouldn’t I vent my anger?"

"We've got an awful lot to talk about this week, including the sexual harassment suit against the President. Of course, in that one, it’s a little tough to figure out who’s really being harassed."

"This comes at a time when Republicans are looking to gut the Clean Water Act and also the Safe Drinking Water Act. What are our options? Are we now forced to boil water because bottled water is not an economically feasible option for a lot of people?"

"In the first two years this is a man [Clinton] who tried his best to balance the budget, to reform health care, to fight for gay rights, to support personal freedoms. Couldn’t those be considered doing the right things, evidence of true character?"

"Scott, as you and I both know, a popular move these days is to make a titillating charge and then have the media create the frenzy. Given Kenneth Starr’s track record, should we suspect that he’s trying to do with innuendo that which he has been unable to do with evidence?"

"And Kathleen Willey also spoke about Linda Tripp, a Clinton-basher who seems to be at every ugly turn in this controversy. Tripp was outside the Oval Office when Willey emerged from her encounter with the President. Just how is it that Linda Tripp is so often conveniently involved in the President’s troubles? For some clues let’s bring in The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, who has profiled the controversial Miss Tripp in this week’s issue. You write that co-workers often viewed her as an inveterate busybody. Has she always been a snoop and a gossip with a particular interest in other people’s romantic lives?"

"[David] Stern's version of what has been going on behind closed doors has of course been disputed, but his efforts were typical of a commissioner who has always seemed eager to be viewed as some kind of modern plantation overseer, treating NBA men as if they were his boys. It's part of Stern's M.O., like his past self-serving edicts on dress code and the questioning of officials. His moves were intended to do little more than show how he's the one keeping the hired hands in their place."

"White people love Wayne Brady, because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X."

"He is possibly the only bowler to have played in a Test series as an automatic choice without taking a wicket."

"He’s not a big man, he’s not a small man, he’s what you might call a handy man."

"...and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I'll tell ye a little story. I was in Times Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said, "I suppose ye wouldn't have The Kerryman would ye?" To which, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said, "Do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?" He had both...so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet..."

"Anthony Lynch, the Cork corner-back, will be the last person to let you down - his people are undertakers."

"Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. Its over the bar. This man shouldn't be playing football. He's made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man but he couldn't kick points like Colin Corkery."

"He grabs the sliothar, he's on the 50... he's on the 40... he's on the 30... he's on the ground."

"1-5 to 0-8.. well from Lapland to the Antarctic, that's level scores in any man's language."

"Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now … but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail ...... I've seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!""

"Pat Fox out to the forty and grabs the sliothar. I bought a dog from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal... the dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox, to the 21, fires a shot, it goes to the left and wide... and the dog lost as well."

"Seán Óg Ó hAilpín.... his father's from Fermanagh, his mother's from Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold."

"Teddy McCarthy to Mick McCarthy, no relation, Mick McCarthy back to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation."

"The stopwatch has stopped. It's up to God and the referee now. The referee is Pat Horan. God is God."

"Scratch my back with a hacksaw!"

"Lord Stanley, Lord Stanley, get me the brandy!"

"Get in the fast lane, Grandma, the bingo game's ready to roll!"

"He beat him like a rented mule."

"He's smiling like a butchers dog!"

"It's a... HOCKEY NIGHT in Pittsburgh!"

"Michael, Michael, Motorcycle."

"Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one, too!"

"She wants to sell my monkey!"

"Call Arnold Slick from Turtle Crick!"

"(Insert Goaltender here) doesn't know whether to cry or wind his watch."

"(Insert Goaltender here) just lost his liquor license."

"Slap me silly, Sidney!"

"Make me a milkshake, Malkin!"

"Let's go hunt moose on a Harley!"

"Oh no, Eddie Spaghetti!"

"Donna needs a doughnut!"

"He smoked him like a bad cigar!"

"And ladies and gentlemen, the kitchen is closed!"

"And ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has just left the building!"

"Look out, Loretta."

"How much fried chicken can YOU eat?"

"Book 'em, Danno!"

"Hallelujah Hollywood!"

"Give me back my old Cadillac!"

"Hop in the Cordoba, baby, we're going bowling!"

"Never teach a pig to sing."

"Get that dog off my lawn!"

"Shave my face with a rusty razor!"

"Great Balls of fire!"

"And you can spit-shine your shoes Pittsburgh, you're going dancing with the Lord of Lords, Lord Stanley!"

"The Stanley Cup has come to the city of Pittsburgh!"

"Lord Stanley, scratch their names on your fabled Cup!"

"Tell your ma, tell your pa, I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas!"

"He's got more moves than Mae West!"

"This is Howard Cosell telling it like it is."

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Sonny Liston's not coming out! Sonny Liston's not coming out! He's out! The winner and new heavyweight champion of the world is Cassius Clay!"

"The Rooneys are the finest people, the people I most respect in American sports ownership. I've always felt that way. And there's no reason to change. They are people of integrity and character... I have a whole transcendental feeling for the Steelers and the Rooneys and Pittsburgh."

"Crowd screaming chanting ALI! ALI! Legends die hard and Ali is learning that even he can not be forever young."

"He is working Duran effectively....and Duran must resolve from pulling in...and he does...WHAT?! DURAN HAS QUIT?! ROBERTO DURAN HAS QUIT!!! There can be no other explanation. Pandemonium in the ring, and Roberto Duran has quit!"

"This, we have to say it, remember this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses. An unspeakable tragedy, confirmed to us by ABC News in New York City: John Lennon, outside of his apartment building on the West Side of New York City, the most famous, perhaps, of all of The Beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to Roosevelt Hospital, dead … on … arrival. Hard to go back to the game after that newsflash, which in duty bound, we had to take."

"That little monkey. The theorem was that he was too small to play in the NFL."

"Look at that little monkey run!"

"That little monkey gets loose, doesn't he?"

"I was infected with my desire, my resolve, to make it in broadcasting. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and how."

"[T]hey wanted... another Joe Louis. A white man's black man... Didn't these idiots realize that Cassius Clay was the name of a slave owner? … Had I been black and my name Cassius Clay, I damned well would have changed it!"

"I'm one helluva communicator."

"He's going to go all-the-way. (often quoted by Cosell during the "Halftime Highlights" segment of ABC's Monday Night Football games to announce touchdowns scored in games on Sunday a day earlier. Adopted as a tribute, and modified to include a hesitating voice cadence by Chris Berman of ESPN as He could... go... all... the … way!)"

"Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, persecuting, distasteful, verbose, a show off. There's no question that I'm all of those things."

"There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning."

"History will reflect that Howard Cosell was easily the dominant sportscaster of all time, and certainly the most famous."

"Historian (showing Miles a tape of Howard Cosell): At first we didn't know exactly what this was, but we've developed a theory. We feel that when citizens in your society were guilty of a crime against the state, they were forced to watch this. Miles Monroe (Woody Allen): Yes. That's exactly what that was."

"50% of the people hated him, 50% of the people liked him, 100% of them tuned in to hear him."

"You cannot be serious!"

"You are the pits of the world! Vultures! Trash!"

"I’ll let the racket do the talking."

"This taught me a lesson, but I’m not sure what it is."

"If, in a few months, I’m only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I’ll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1."

"Charlotte, can you tuck this down here for me?"

"If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup."

"I am against him both as a foreigner and as someone not good enough."

"My school was 17 years as a player and another 16 watching more games probably than any coach has - all over the world, all systems. I couldn't go to school and write it down for people who are far less experienced, telling me what to do and how to do it."

"Taylor....Benjani coming in..........OHHHHH, HOW ABOUT THAT! A bullet of a header; Totally out of the blue - It's Portsmouth 1, Manchester United 1! Utaka did well...forcing it wide, Taylor with an in cross, Benjani coming from a deep position; wasn't picked up.....he launched himself at it....1-1. No one could see that coming....and no one saw Benjani coming."

"Faye...this is Davies...Anelka, still looking for his first Bolton goal...Nicolas Anelkaaa...HE GETS IT! A terrific goal. From the minute he picked that ball up, I think he had one thing in mind. And Bolton half time lead is commanding."

"Fabregas looking left.....this is Abou Diaby...tall, rangy...and going for goal....OOOHHHH - What an absolute screamer! Abou Diaby! Arsenal 1, Derby County 0. A glorious strike! Found in space, cut inside worked the yard more in space and thumped it!"

"Denilson......on to Adebayor; great chest trap.....Adebayor - on a hat trick....AND GETS IT! And that was a very special goal. Magnificent.....it was all about the first touch. Hit high...look at the jump - Magnificent. Then the composure and a low bent finish. A hat trick for Emmanuel Adebayor. Magnificent....Majestic; then picked himself up, little shimmy....side foot finish - Adebayor has three, Arsenal have five. Derby have conceded nine goals in two games in north London this season."

"Pires now.......Bergkamp is to his left.....room for a bender - but....AHHH!! AND IT'S IN! What a ghastly moment for Russell Hoult, who seemed to have it covered. It was bending....it was moving in the air....with the goalkeeper had a splendid game for West Bromwich Albion...will know he had it covered."

"Cole out.......Purse....trying to find Greening......Ohhh, what a touch...in-towards Geoff Horsfield....IT'S IN! THEY HAVE THE EQUALISER! I think it's Earnshaw's first touch!"

"Lampard......Drogba wanting it through the middle....Brilliant pass....Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant. Sheer quality, the delivery from Lampard. Drogba's rich vain in goal scoring form continues."

"Rooney, into space and Anderson....looks for Tevez, can he get away from Kilbane, Carlos Tevez, brilliantly done...can he finish...TEVEZ - HE CAN! Manchester United have the breakthrough! Superb finish. Through the goalkeeper and he rifled it in."

"The mad side of genius: Cantona is dismissed! Where can there be a place in the game for a man of such extravagant talent, a man of such wicked temperament? A man who has been quite rightly dismissed, a man who has now got... OH MY GOODNESS ME! HE'S JUST KICKED- HE'S PUNCHED A FAN! Eric Cantona has jumped in and scissor-kung-fu-kicked a fan! Manchester United fans are coming across - I have never seen as disgraceful an incident as that in all my years in football! Eric Cantona should be thrown out of the game, for that sort of incident!"

"I never shot a deer. I've never shot anything in my life. I never hunted. I'm just not that type of guy. But there's no doubt in my mind that I would have killed to win. That really scares me sometimes. Right now I think about it, and I get little goose bumps. I would have done anything - absolutely anything - to win. In a war, maybe that's what happens. It was our society against their society."

"Play with passion and heart. If you don't carry passion into sport—or in any job for that matter—you won't succeed."

"The importance of teammates is the thing I appreciate the most from those years. I was a lucky guy. There is nothing better than good teammates. I don't care what anybody says, you can't do it alone. It takes a good team for you to be a good player, and the same goes for playing on a bad team. I see Vincent Lecavalier play all the time. He gives it his all, but it comes down to your teammates,"

"There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once."

"All of my decisions I made when I was a kid were decisions, would my mother and father be proud of."

"...the kiiissss!"

"Shoulder … shake … a little lingerie!"

"Give it to the big fella!"

"Send it in, Jerome!"

"...with the kiss!"

"With a sweet kiss, off the glass..."

"Onions! Double Order!"

"(Dare I say) En fuego. (originally delivered as El fuego)"

"You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him."

"Gives him the high cheese."

"The WHIIIIFFFF! (or The WHIIII... on check swings)"

"NOTHING but the bottom of the [net/cup]!"

"[Golf/Goff] shots, nothing but [golf/goff] shots."

"Soft as church music."

"When SportsCenter does an about face..."

"That's why they don't play games on paper. They play them inside television sets. Let's go to the highlights."

"It's the Big Show..."

"I'd like to see it again, please."

"Do you wanna play with fire, scarecrow?"

"BRRRRRRNG!"

"Goodbye. Game over. Drive home safely."

"Freeze it!"

"We've done all that we can do."

"He visits the bird sanctuary."

"Defense wins championships!"

"Now to the third quarter, because the highlights are better there."

"Not many guys can get away with an outfit like that, but he can."

"HR dot com!"

"And now that we've met our contestants, let's play."

"Cherokee! I already have a watch!"

"It's a cowhide joyride!"

"He's listed as day to day, but, then again, aren't we all?"

"Alongside my tag team partner [Keith Olbermann/Kenny Mayne], I'm merely Dan Patrick."

"Going against the grain."

"By the final OF..."

"We're going to oooooovertime."

"The thing that makes me laugh about this whole thing, is our Fair Play Commission and our Penalty Commission they never...that’s violence, everybody asks me about getting violent. That’s violence, that’s career-ending. That should be put out of...but don’t worry about it. His [Samuelsson’s] day is coming. But the people I feel sorry for with Ulf Samuelsson are the referees. Last week, we’re not going to show it, [Mike] Gartner gave him a little tap, he falls down, he lets on he’s hurt, he gets a five-minute major and he plays the power play. I know for a fact, not then, that when he suckers in the referees, when he suckers them in, he goes to the bench – he goes to the bench and he winks and he laughs. Big deal! Listen, I’m so glad that he signed a three-year contract in the National Hockey League. His day is coming folks! Don't worry about it. It’s just a matter of time, and I want to know who’s going to be the hero."

"Cherry: You know, I’ve been home now for 24 hours. I must’ve been asked 9,000 times about that incident, we don’t have it [the footage], but I want to talk about it. Figure it out: Here’s a guy who gets eight stitches, eight stitches in his chin. What happened? Who did it? Nobody knows, ok? Nobody knows, ok, so here’s what happens. The referee calls the guy over and he says ‘Did you see what happened?’, ‘Whoaa, not my side’ ‘Did you see what happened?’ ‘Well wait a minute if I tell you, that means five-minute major.’ If the linesman says five-minute major..."

"Ron MacLean: No, no, it could be a four-minute penalty..."

"Cherry:...Yeah he’s gone anyhow, going into overtime. Gretzky, verge of elimination. So, what do we do? They say ‘What do we do? How about he [Doug Gilmour] gets hit with the puck? He gets hit with the puck, he’s laying on the [sic]'. The only way he’d get hit with the puck is if his chin was on the ice. Anyway, that’s all I’ve got to say about that. [Gretzky] gets the overtime winner and that’s wrong as far as I’m concerned. Andreychuk got a five-minute major, he [Gretzky] should’ve got something. At least a slap on the wrist or a dirty look."

"Jimmy Waite thinks this is offside. WRONG Jimmy! 1-0!"

"My buddy Tie [Domi] gets zonked by [Scott] Stevens! [Shawn] Antoski catches [David] Shaw. [Mathieu] Schneider flips [Troy] Mallette! Sergei Bautin lays a pretty one on [Darren] McCarty! [Eric] Weinrich jolts [Mike] Sillinger!"

"[Garry] Galley crunches [Kelly] Buchberger, and Buchberger's not too happy!"

"Here’s a different way to score on a two-on-one: Boston’s [Cam] Stewart shoots the puck, and [Steve] Heinze puts home the rebound! Shorthanded too!"

"[Bob] Beers crashes [Ron] Hextall. Ron's a little upset, and Beers is lucky it didn't happen a few years ago!"

"Andrei Kovalenko runs over Patrick Roy, and Patrick slugs him! Watch him use his blocker here. Don’t fool with Patrick!"

"Watch John Blue give Rob Pearson a cross-check like you can’t believe. Watch this. He gets up, Pearson goes back, WHAM! Well what can you expect from a guy named Blue?"

"You won’t believe this one, folks. Belfour tries to clear the puck in overtime. Nelson Emerson grabs the puck, now watch: he’s skating out in front, he’s got the puck in his hand, Eddie tries to stop him, he reaches around and throws it in the net and, believe it or not, they count it! The Hawks say what are you counting that? [Darryl] Sutter’s not too happy. With video replay, how can they count a goal like that?"

"Cam Neely! Is he a beauty? Fifty goals in 49 games."

"With the series at 2-1, [Jeremy] Roenick wins Game 4 in OT, and now it goes back to Toronto for a best of two out of three! Is he happy or what?"

"Captain Crunch [Wendel Clark] nails Chelios, and the Hawks are gone in six! Are they gonna miss Wendel or what? What a hit."

"The Flames and Canucks, this one was the toughest series of all folks. No prisoners were taken in this one. Whoa! Are they hittin’? And they’re hittin’ to hurt, I’ll tell ya. Watch these beauty hits. You better keep your head up in this series I’ll tell ya!"

"Now the Canucks are down three games to one and come storming back. [Geoff] Courtnall gets the winner in Game 5 as he hammers a rocket in OT. Mikey [Vernon] never had a chance. Are they happy or what? Watch this!"

"Still overtime folks. Watch this beauty pass by [Jeff] Brown: right on the money to [Pavel] Bure and he slides it home by [Mike] Vernon! Can you believe it? Down three to one and come back to win? Pat [Quinn] never gave up on them I'll tell ya. What a win."

"But everybody knows the Bruins don't quit, and they go on to win this series in seven games. Watch Raymond [Bourque] smoke this one by Patrick [Roy]!"

"You can call it a cheap shot, blind shot, a late hit; you can call it what you want and it should’ve been a suspension as far as I’m concerned! It’s unbelievable that it’s not a suspension! What it did, it gave meat to everybody that’s against the National Hockey League—this’ll be the poster boy…[while showing clips of controversial hits by Cooke over the years]!! You think he’d do this stuff against [Wayne] Gretzky, if [Dave] Semenko was there?! Do you think he’d do this against [Steve] Yzerman if [Bob] Probert was there?! NO! That’s what I’m trying to tell you, he wouldn’t do that stuff!"

"You people that come here... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that... These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price."

"Fetisov for the Devils plays it cross-ice, into the far corner. Matteau swoops in to intercept. Matteau behind the net, swings it in front. He scores! Matteau! Matteau! Matteau! Stephane Matteau! and the Rangers have one more hill to climb, baby, and it's Mount Vancouver! The Rangers are headed to the Finals!"

"Lopez wants it away, and it's hit deep to left center, Andruw Jones on the run, this one has a chance... home run!, Mike Piazza!, and the Mets lead 3 to 2!"

"The Islanders have had two penalty shots in Stanley Cup playoff history, here is number 3. Bates against Joseph ......Bates in on goal ....he shoots, He scores! Consider that for a franchise loaded with memorable postseason moments, you have just witnessed one of the most memorable. A penalty shot goal by Shawn Bates to give the Islanders a 4–3 lead with 2 minutes and 30 seconds left in regulation time."

"Willingham, waiting in the batters box, Wagner ready, the 1–0 pitch, swing and fly ball to left, Floyd under it, he's there, put it in the books, The New York Mets have won the 2006 National League Eastern Division Championship and the party is under way."

"Swing and a fly ball to right, Green under it.....in foul ground..makes the catch!...Put it in the books!..The Mets are gonna play for the pennant!"

"Bergeron fires it in front, it's loose, they pound away, Park with a shot, blocked, rebound...Scores! Richard Park! It's Long Island South here in East Rutherford!"

"Every shot Wade Dubielewicz has ever seen comes down to this confrontation, Sergei Brylin in on goal, Dubielewicz stops him! The New York Islanders are heading to the Stanley Cup Playoffs...in as dramatic a fashion as you could envision!'"

"Ground ball to Gotay, throws on to first... Put it in the history books!...Tom Glavine has won his 300th game."

"Streit, Okposo, Tavares, Moulson and Hunter... Hunter for Moulson, it hopped over his stick, Moulson got it back, couldn't control, then THEY SCORE! It's Tavares! John Tavares picked up the loose puck, and fires home his first National Hockey League goal! A power play goal, and the Islanders lead it 2 to 1! How about THAT for fast hands?"

"Now the pitch, and it's lined foul into the seats, down the third base line, 1 ball, 1 strike, and I'll tell you what's going on. The crowd is chanting "U-S-A!" and the reason for that is that there are reports circulating, I'm not sure if they yet been confirmed by the White House, that Osama bin Laden is dead. How that's happened, we don't know, but this crowd now knows it."

"My Mama would never have to work another day of her life."

"You got a resident corner here... Shut-down corner. Now it's gotta be one or the other. If you ain't gotta tackle, you'd better cover. If you ain't gotta cover, you'd better tackle. THEY AIN'T DOIN' NOTHING [EITHER]"

"He just didn't quite get his leg over."

"It's not easy putting a rubber on."

"Ardiles strokes the ball like it was a part of his anatomy."

"This is the 671st game in World Cup history, starting all the way back in 1930 in Uruguay … and no I haven't seen them all."

"Different class … DIFFERENT CLASS!"

"GREAT play by the Mexican there! He took on the whole shagbag lot o' them!"

"And there it is, the international symbol of peace – the pigeon!"

"They're going for silver, they’re going for gold. John Treacy has one hundred metres to go. In the past Ireland have won bronze medals with John Caldwell, Freddie Gilroy, ‘Socks’ Byrne, Jim McCourt, Hugh Russell. They've won golds with Pat O'Callaghan twice, Bob Tisdall, Ron Delaney. They've won silvers with John McNally, Fred Tiedt, Wilkins and Wilkinson and for the thirteenth time an Irish medal goes to John Treacy. The little man with the great heart."

"It's a rip-roarer, an absolutely titanic struggle if that's the right thing to say about a Belfast man... Make sure the rivets are tight and away you go!"

"I bet there's a tear in your eye wherever you're watching this. There's nothing wrong with tears; tears are often shed in joy."

"A modest young lady with her head the same size as it was when she was a child."

"One thing's for sure, if there's a blackout here in London, you'll find Warren with those boots... you might not see the rest of him!"

"...Jim ‘the Blue Panther’ Rock..."

"Willie, you might as well take out your money and spend it. Spend it on a cruise. A cruise around Andy Lee."

"C'MON BERNARD! ...DELIVER THE MILK AND GO TO THE NEXT HOUSE!!!"

"If you only knew the dreams in that little boy's head all those years ago. You don't know how lucky I am. I will never retire because even if they retire me, I'll find something else to do."

"Oh, and some nasty stuff in there! It looked to be a bite, almost. Holyfield is very unhappy, look at this! It looked as if Tyson bared his teeth at one stage in the exchange. He bit his ear! Well, feelings are running very, very hot indeed in there. Holyfield was outraged by that. Now what is the referee going to do about that? One point deduction for Tyson! One point deducted from Mike Tyson, for biting Holyfield's ear. Now, let's take a look again. Well, this is getting like a street fight."

"The experienced Stewart with the corner here for the United States. Here's Brian McBride, it's not away on O'Brien! Gives the United States the lead inside four minutes!"

"Portugal all the over the place here, and they've made another mistake. Here's Donovan, with a cross. Deflected, and in! Two, nil! Can you believe this? Landon Donovan's cross, deflected off Costa. Two, nothing!"

"Here's Sanneh. The Americans, here. What a start for them, and this is number three! Brian McBride!"

"It's a crushing right hand and that must finish it! It must finish it! Tyson cannot get up from that, surely. He will be counted out. Lennox Lewis seals his place in history forever and closes the book on Mike Tyson!"

"Now, then. Landon Donovan for the United States. Twisting, turning. Can he find the right ball? Cesar hit it away; it's played back in by Bocanegra. Oh, and nearly Altidore getting under of it. A really good clearance by Jokić; just when it looked as if Jozy Altidore might be in. They really have to put Slovenia under pressure. If they can get one goal, I think, John. You just wonder, whether then Slovenia might start to look a little bit shaky and start to wonder. He's got in, behind. Donovan, Donovan goes alone and scores! Oh, what a goal! Landon Donovan, tremendous strike for the United States! It looked impossible, but Donovan did it! And the USA are back in business!"

"Certainly rolling the dice now. Bob Bradley as he had to, really. Here's his son, Michael Bradley. Decent effort. Donovan, the man whose goal has given the United States at least hope. Altidore to lay it down, Bradley! Bradley, has done it! USA are level! The comeback kings, strike again! Michael Bradley, for the USA! What a moment! 'Thank you son', says Bob Bradley. And I think the whole of the United States of America, says 'thank you' too. To Michael Bradley."

"I don't know what everybody back home is like watching this, but I'm very tense. I'll tell you that."

"Oh, talk about lightning striking twice. Another goal scrubbed out for the United States."

"Clint Dempsey off the post and again, and he's missed the rebound! Absolute agony for the USA!"

"It just takes one moment to make the difference here for the USA of staying in this competition or leaving it."

"Will the goal never come?"

"Four minutes of added time. That might lift the United States, that's time enough. Dreadfully negative, really. From the Algerians, they're looking for things on the break. I suspect they'll get a chance or two, on the break. Ghezzal, that's a good ball he's found there to Guedioura who plays it deep. Saïfi, with a header. Howard, gratefully claims it. Distribution, brilliant. Landon Donovan. Oh, are things on here for the USA? Can they do it here? Cross, and Dempsey is denied again, and Donovan has scored! Oh, can you believe this? Go, go, USA! Certainly through! Oh, it's incredible! You could not write a script like this!"

"Played in, and it comes out into Landon Donovan, who strikes again. What a golden goal for the USA, if you're just joining us? There it is, the moment. Deep, deep into the match! To give the USA surely, a place in the last sixteen. It is breathtakingly exciting!"

"It is over! The USA have made it, in a Hollywood-style finish!"

"Now, van Bronckhorst with pace! Oh, it is an absolute firecracker from Giovanni van Bronckhorst! One, nil! Holland!"

"Cristiane with a chance to put Brazil at level. Hope Solo saved it! A hero again! What is it with Hope Solo and Brazil? Now what's the referee doing here? Is? The penalty? Is it going to have to be retaken? Because they're claiming Solo moved before the ball was kicked. Now this is very controversial, and Solo has got a yellow card for that as well. This is highly contentious! Now look at this again, does she move off the line? No, no, no, no! That is an astonishing decision in my view."

"Marta again, she'll keep the ball in the corner now, much to the annoyance of the crowd. The decision was goal kick. I think this referee knows that she made a very, very big call over that penalty. Morgan, and still it goes on here. Tobin Heath. Boxx. Carli Lloyd! Oh, uh. Couldn't keep it down. Chants of 'USA' ringing around the arena here in Dresden, and it do, does look like it's going to be to no avail. And it will go down as the USA's worst performance ever in the Women's World Cup. Cristiane can buy some time down by the corner, here. Eat away vital seconds. Now, USA have it. And they've just got to get everybody forward now. No sense defending anymore, Lloyd's got to get this pass off. To Rapinoe, and everybody's got to bomb forward now. Rapinoe gets a cross in, it's towards Wambach! Oh, can you believe this? Abby Wambach has saved the USA's life in this World Cup!"

"Just incredible! Look at Hope Solo celebrate! There is an American party going on, all around the terraces! Surely the whistle's going to go any second, and it will be a penalty shootout. Abby Wambach in the one hundred and twenty-second minute. Well that does match the drama of the men's World Cup last year, and the Landon Donovan goal which saved the USA against Algeria, doesn't it? Well, well, well! And the goal was scored in the time added on for the largely bogus injury, we think, to Érika. Is there some kind of poetic justice in that? It's not finished yet, though. Still the referee plays on, and here's Marta again! Solo beats it away; it will be a corner. How much more of this can there possibly be? It is over! It will be a penalty shoot-out! An incredible finish, one of the great climaxes to any World Cup match! Brazil are denied at the death! A ten-woman USA save it! Wow, we need to get our breath back. So let's go back to Bob Ley for a moment."

"Daiane, whose own goal started all the talking points today after seventy-four seconds. Seems a long, long time ago now. It was into this goal, now Brazil need her to put one in legitimately for them. Yes! Brilliant save from Solo, brilliant save! And that one is legal, and now that means, that if the United States put in the last two penalties, they will go into the semi-finals. That is a moment of magic from Hope Solo!"

"The biggest moment, this. Of her soccer life. Ali Krieger, who recovered from that life-threating illness five years ago. Can she win it for the USA, here? And she does! And the USA are into the last four! It's been a near miracle, this! In Dresden!"

"I think one word we can agree Bob is, uh? Epic, classic. Thriller, block-buster. I think all the clichés were made real. I mean? You woke up this morning, saying you felt nervous about this game. Now, I know why."

"Yeah they did, Bob. It was a classic final, and I think the old cliché? Football was the winner there; just a terrific match. Shattering defeat for the USA; so hard to take. But only the hardest heart, Julie? Would deny Japan that. I suppose you could have an inquest in the USA played so well for much of the game. Just seemed to get a little bit panicky when the finishing line was in reach. But, really that's? That's being a little bit picky, isn't it? Because they did ever so well here. I just think the ball had Japan's name on it. They were destined to win it. Uh, just a feeling? Bob, I think Japan won rather more than just a soccer match here."

"Now don't ask me why I said that; it just came out. Somewhere in the recesses of my mind; quite beyond logic. But, there it is."

"I've been lucky since I've had this job, getting two amazingly dramatic moments like that. You sort of had a license to go to nine or ten on the Richter scale."

"I'm just kind of glad people seem to like the way I do it."

"They came to me and said, 'Would you want to do the U.S., talk to an American audience?' Yeah, of course. So that’s kind of how I ended up being the commentator that day calling the Landon Donovan goal. It just fell into place."

"I think in all the bedlam, it got forgotten. We were on the move all the time traveling around South Africa. People were saying, 'Your call of that goal has created quite a stir in America.' Yeah?"

"Maybe my style is a bit more like an American style. I suppose I am more enthusiastic."

"But you have concerns about that back line, don't you, Taylor?"

"But they can't be."

"It's a little like a Ray Charles concert, isn't it? Georgia!"

"I know his relationship with the coach hasn't been the warmest. I can see where Jürgen's coming from. He feels Donovan took a timeout, a sabbatical, and most pros wouldn't do that."

"I think they're an honest bunch. I wish them well. I hope they surprise and confound a few people. It’s good for the game in America if they do. If they can make a ripple or two, that pushes the game on again."

"You hope you come up with the odd memorable one. That's the best any of us could hope for."

"Dempsey, great start here. Can Clint Dempsey score? He has! The U.S. ahead! Incredibly, within seconds! Now that, is dreamland! Clint Dempsey becomes the first American to score at three different World Cups!"

"The dynamic of the group changes totally if the U.S. can hold on here. Gyan with a lovely ball, though. André Ayew, equalizes! It's a superb goal, to break American hearts! The resistance is broken!"

"Zusi to take it, and there! It's there! What about that? It's John Brooks! It's John Brooks! For the USA! Have they stolen it? Quite incredible, he couldn't even have dreamt that."

"Payback, for the USA!"

"Andre Almeida. Back in, by Veloso. Oh, it's a miscue to Nani! Oh my goodness, me! The USA pressed the 'self-destruct' button there! A catastrophe in the U.S. defense."

"I think he was greeted when he arrived at the hotel in Brazil by a topless model and a guy dressed as Donald Duck."

"He comes late, corner wouldn't drop to a white shirt. Now it has, Jones. Oh, yes! Jermaine Jones, what a cracker from him! USA level! Simply, sensational strike."

"Nicely measured. Jones to Yedlin. Really, it nearly got to him! He has got to Bradley, and then Zusi, and Dempsey! Is he onside? He is! It's two, one! To the U.S.! 'Captain Marvel', again!"

"Can they do something here? It's Cristiano Ronaldo. Oh, it's a great cross! And it is an equalizer, from Varela! USA denied, right at the death! And you have to say, this is a terrific goal."

"Goes a long way, and there's Howard with the save to deny Mertesacker, and this time Germany do score, it's Thomas Müller! It is one, nil. To Germany. Him again, and now the tension is racked up."

"The U.S. have no choice, other than to gamble. Which could mean they'll be hit by another counter or two. Bradley. Chipped forward, and look at this! It's Julian Green! Would you believe it? The youngster, gives the U.S. hope! Extraordinary! Two, one! The teenager comes up trumps!"

"I think he's saying there should be more than a minute."

"USA valiant effort, but no hard luck story. Better team won. Last 16 is about as good as U.S. are, but well respected team now."

"If that was Tim Howard's last World Cup game, what a way to go out! He was phenomenal. Most saves by a W.C. keeper in 50 years."

"USA thoughts must turn to rebuild. By 2018, Dempsey is 35, Jones, Beasley and Beckerman 36, and Howard 39. All magnificent servants of U.S."

"Thank you for many kind comments on the USA games coverage with Taylor Twellman. Very much appreciated. But stay tuned; World Cup goes on."

"Here's Toni Kroos. Sami Khedira. Now Müller. Free kick's going to be given Brazil's way; this is turbocharged."

"Klose, with a corner. Goes a long way and a goal! It's him again! Thomas Müller with his tenth World Cup goal in history, to put the Germans ahead! Well Brazil were behind in their opening game of the tournament against Croatia and came back to win. But, it might be a much harder job. Chasing Germany, of all the players."

"Oh, Kroos. Here's more problems here, it's Klose! The history man, he's done it! Two, nil! And that's the goal that puts him in the record books, forever! Brazil being taken to the cleaners, so far. Sixteen goals, an all time World Cup record. And this is his twenty-third World Cup appearance. The tears of Brazil, and that young lady not the only one spilling tears around this nation at the moment. But, wait a minute! Here's Bernard! Can he do something to get Brazil back into this?"

"But, it isn't working. They're two down. Lahm, this time. Müller missed it! And that's three, Toni Kroos! Germany are running riot! They cannot believe it! Splendid hit, from Kroos. You've got something on that, as well. With Julio Cesar, couldn't keep it out. And Toni Kroos marks his fiftieth cap for Germany, with a goal. And once or twice in there, it's just resembling a shooting gallery. Oh, and look at this now. This could get worse; Khedira plays it inside. Oh! It's four, nil! Unbelievable! Kroos again! And Brazil are just being played off the park! This is quite astonishing."

"Two in two minutes for him, and Brazil's World Cup is surely over. This is the first time ever, that Brazil have trailed by four goals in a World Cup match. Four-nil down, twenty-six minutes on the clock. Germany, just too good? This is Brazil, not so much without Neymar. But, without Thiago Silva. Organizing their defense, and this could get a lot worse. Yeah? Unless this team tightens up somehow. Terrible mistake by Fernandinho on that last goal."

"Look at this, again! Khedira plays it wide, Özil! Khedira again! Five, nil! This is utterly, beyond belief! Where is this goal scoring going to end? Well, if this was boxing? The referee would be stopping it, to save Brazil from further punishment. Five goals in the first twenty-nine minutes from a rampant Germany; Brazil have simply unraveled. Fred, here's Luiz Gustavo. Marcelo. Just need something, anything. To lift their confidence, but."

"Lahm, Khedira. Lahm, again. Trying to make sure, and they do make sure! Six, nil! You wonder where all this is going to end for Germany? Schürrle, getting in on the act. Well, they're really booing now. André Schürrle. Fred was booed off in the middle of all that. And Schürrle gets his second goal of the tournament, he got one against Algeria as well. Six, nil. Germany, really rubbing Brazil's noses in it."

"I think it's a sort of morbid fascination, for the Brazil fans now. They've paid a lot for their tickets, they're going to see it, whatever the story. I don't think they'll be watching a replay when they get home, somehow. How good are this German team?"

"Could be more, here's Schürrle! Once again, that's seven! An utter humiliation for Brazil, just got worse! Germany in seventh heaven! What a hit that is; nothing Julio Cesar could've done really. That was travelling at the speed of sound, a devastated Julio Cesar. A devastated Brazil; a devastated nation. Most goals ever scored in a World Cup semi-final by one team. The records are tumbling by the second, it seems here. Ramires. I think these players frankly would like to get off this pitch and go into a tunnel, that led to Tristan da Cunha or somewhere. Bernard's cross, Marcelo. There's not enough room on the caption. They've got roll it through, to get all the goal scorers on. Two goals for André Schürrle since coming on as a substitute."

"Brazil, in their famous history have allowed seven goals only one other time. That was in 1934, when they lost eight-four to Yugoslavia. Well, you and I are pinching ourselves. I think everybody here is. Seven, nil? Yeah, me too. You've got to say, as bad have Brazil have been? Germany have just been absolutely brilliant. Schürrle. Olés now, and I think the Brazil fans are starting to join with it. They're starting to applaud the Germans, what else can they do? Really? Well it's an embarrassment for Luiz Felipe Scolari, as the coach. Isn't he, is? Schürrle, to cut that one back. And you wonder what the? The reaction of the fans will be? We? We've heard about protests and demonstrations, people saying this World Cup wasn't worth the money that was spent on it because more should be invested in the infrastructure of the country. Will those protests come back again? Well, there's going to be a big clear-out isn't there? For certain, after this World Cup. Okay, they've got to the semi-final. That's no mean achievement; plenty didn't of course. Here's Lahm, he'll want to get on the act as well. Schürrle wants a hat-trick. Well, you're watching a game here that's going to go down as one of the most astonishing in the entire history of the World Cup. Bernard, Paulinho. Marcelo, they're trying to give the crowd something. Ramires, no. He's not in the mood for getting beaten."

"As quiet as a library."

"Here's Götze! It's Mario Götze! It's Super Mario! He might just have won the World Cup, for Germany!"

"This is over. No way back for Japan, who in my view are lucky to make this final."

"It is with great pleasure, and I know I say that every week and don't mean it. But, this week I really, really, really mean it. It is with great pleasure, that we welcome back to the pod, the man who many of us know as the voice of football, I think of as. If a soccer ball could actually talk? It would sound just like this man. Welcome back to Men in Blazers, Sir Ian Darke."

"Look at the space, Ian. Look at the space!"

"Into left-center field and deep, THIS IS A TIE BALLGAME!"

"Our game today was produced by Ken Edmunson, directed by Bucky Guntz; Mike Weisman is the executive producer of NBC Sports, coordinating producer of baseball, Harry Coyle. The 1-1 pitch...He hits it to deep left field, LOOK OUT! DO YOU BELIEVE IT! IT'S GONE!!"

"Grissom on the run... The team of the '90s has its World Championship!"

"Costas: But look who gets it next! Enberg: The Greatest! Oh my!"

"Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason, including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series—now, cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns."

"The men in teal are for real."

"McKey...gets it in to Miller for the win...IT'S THERE! Four tenths of a second! Yeah, you can dance, Reggie! One of the greatest clutch playoff performers of his generation has apparently done it again!"

"Seventeen seconds from game seven or from championship number six. Jordan...open...CHICAGO WITH THE LEAD!"

"Bryant...TO SHAQ!"

"Back from the brink of elimination to the brink of the NBA Finals!"

"A drive to right! Back to Georgia! Gone! A grand slam! What a scene at Shea!"

"What's up with the racewalkers? I mean I respect them as athletes but come on... a contest to see who can walk the fastest is like having a contest to see who can whisper the loudest."

"Third and goal, quarterback sneak, touchdown, Green Bay!"

"He takes off his cap. He mops his brow. He looks in and gets the sign. He starts the windup. Here's the pitch and it's ... A STRIKE CALLED! A NO-HITTER FOR GIBSON! Simmons roars to the mound, embraces Gibson who is engulfed by his teammates as the Cardinals win the game, 11–0!"

"Brock takes the lead, Ruthven checks him. He is ... GOING! The pitch is a strike, the throw ... he is there! HE DID IT! 105 for Lou Brock!"

"He's going! The pitch is high, the throw is ... safe! He stole it! The throw got by the shortstop and Brock has done it! They would've thrown him out, but the shortstop couldn't handle the bad throw and this is it, folks. Brock has now stolen 893!"

"Breaking ball, hit off the pitcher, TO THE THIRD BASEMAN!!! No play! Base hit! Three thousand for Lou Brock!"

"Montana lines up at the five. And on third-down-and-three he rolls right, looking to throw ... looking to throw...and he throws into the end zone, touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown, San Francisco, by Dwight Clark!"

"Sutter from the belt, to the plate...a swing and a miss! And that's a winner! That's a winner! A World Series winner for the Cardinals!"

"Smith corks one into right, down the line! It may go!! ... Go crazy, folks! Go crazy! It's a home run, and the Cardinals have won the game, by the score of 3 to 2, on a home run by the Wizard! Go crazy!"

"The Dodger right-hander is set and here's his pitch to Jack Clark. Swing and a long one into left field! Adios, goodbye, and maybe that's a winner! A three-run homer by Clark and the Cardinals lead by the score of 7 to 5 and they may go to the World Series on THAT one, folks!"

"Orta, leading off, swings and hits it to the right side, and the pitcher has to cover he is ... SAFE! SAFE! SAFE! And we'll have an argument! Sparky, I think he was out!"

"Here's the pitch to Mookie Wilson. Winning run at second. Ground ball to first, it is a run...an error! An error by Buckner! The winning run scores! The Mets win it 6 to 5 with three in the 10th! The ball went right through the legs of Buckner and the Mets with 2 men out and nobody on have scored three times to bring about a seventh game, which will be played here tomorrow night. Folks, it was unbelievable. An error, right through the legs of Buckner. There were two outs, nobody on, a single by Carter, a single by Mitchell, a single by Ray Knight, a wild pitch, an error by Buckner. Three in the 9th for the Mets. They've won the game 6-5 and we shall play here ... tomorrow night! Well, open up the history book, folks, we've got an entry for you."

"Off the stretch, Orosco, here's the pitch...swing and a long one into left field! Way back in the corner...GRAND SLAMMMMMAAHHH! A grand slam home run by Herr! And that's a winner! Twelve to eight!"

"Here's the pitch...Swing and a fly ball, you want another winner here? Coleman going to it ... YOU GOT IT! That's a winner! 6–0 Cardinals!"

"Gibson ... swings and a fly ball to deep right field. This is gonna be a home run! UNBELIEVABLE! A home run for Gibson! And the Dodgers have won the game, five to four; I don't believe what I just saw! I don't BELIEVE what I just saw!"

"Montana is back to throw. He looks and throws, end zone ... TOUCHDOWN! Touchdown ... to John Taylor with 34 seconds left! A 10 yard touchdown pass to John Taylor, and the 49ers lead by three, and the extra point will put the nail in the Cincinnati coffin."

"There's the snap; there's the kick. It is up; it is...NO GOOD! Norwood missed! Four seconds left. The Giants have won Super Bowl XXV by the score of 20–19."

"Into deep left center … for Mitchell … annnnd we'll see ya … tomorrow night!"

"The Twins are gonna win the World Series! The Twins have won it! It's a base hit! It's a 1–0, ten inning victory!"

"Mike Morgan is the pitcher. Here's the pitch to McGwire ... SWING ... looky there! LOOKY THERE!!!! Looky there! McGwire's number sixty-one!!! McGwire's flight 61 headed for Planet Maris! History! Bedlam! What a moment! Pardon me while I stand up and applaud!"

"...the German's defense was stretched out like a spandex at Miami Beach...once again the pure genius of Raúl to anticipate the throw-in...the throw-in is perfection...sublime...and the finish is the personification of grace under pressure..."

"...aaaaahhhh...excuse me for being excited...I think I just saw a ghost...a flash of 1960 Di Stéfano or Puskás...that goal has just woken the spirit of Bernabéu himself...astonishing and mesmerizing skill and grace..."

"...magisteeerial...the corner kick sails in...and Ramos leaps...like a fresh salmon from a summer stream...it's an exquisite header...with power and accuracy measured down to a pixel!"

"...it's as electrifying as a hair dryer thrown into a bathtub...look at the balance...the timing...he's like a master thief stealing the silverware in the dark night...the galácticos are gladiators tonight...and Gareth Bale is Spartacus!"

"...absolute precision from the Dark Invader...this one is a death-ray hit from Real Madrid's glamour boy..."

"The Boston Red Sox, and the fans through New England, will tell you they were 5 outs away, in the 8th inning, leading by 3 as Boone hits it to deep left! That might send the Yankees to the World Series! Boone, a hero in game 7!"

"Ortiz into deep right field, back is Sheffield, we'll see you later tonight!"

"Back to Foulke, Red Sox fans have longed to hear it! The Boston Red Sox are world champions!"

"Manning lobs it, Burress alone, TOUCHDOWN New York!"

"This year weighs. And it's a line drive kick, Jackson and now has to try to recover. DeSean Jackson gets a block! Are you kidding?! DeSean Jackson! Still not in, and now in for the touchdown, no flags!"

"Into right will. Back at the wall... it's off the wall! 1-1 score. Here comes Burbon! Cruz has tied it! 7-7."

"Freese hits it in the air to center. We will see you tomorrow night!"

"Hard hit into right. Back at the wall... TIE GAME!"

"Tied game in the night. Jenning! Grounds one! Pedroia makes the play! Throw home! 2 Out! Over to 3rd! It gets away! Allen Craig makes the play! Here's the... throw! He is... the umpire making the call! They're going to say he's safe. Interference at third base!"

"It hasn't happened at Fenway Park for 95 years; the Red Sox are World Champions!"

"It snapped over the head! Of Peyton Manning! A flag is down, and the ball's out in the back of the endzone! It's a safety to start this game as Manning wasn't ready."

"Wilson towards the end zone. It is Kearse! Seattle's going to the Super Bowl! Jermaine Kearse!"

"Comes at 2-1. Left side. Moustakas! MADE THE ROYALS WIN THE PENNANT!!"

"Here comes the 0-2. Wide right! Into Wright! BACK IN THE WALL AND IT'S GONE!!! GRAND SLAM!!! Montero! Game 1 hero!"

"Drive into left! At the wall... it's gone!!! TIE GAME! Rajai Davis! 6-6."

"Here's the 0-1. This is gonna be a tough play, Bryant! The Cubs... WIN THE WORLD SERIES! BRYANT MAKES THE PLAY! IT'S OVER, AND THE CUBS HAVE FINALLY WON IT ALL! 8-7 IN TEN!"

"Giants looking for a stop. They're gonna air it out. Rodgers does this better than anybody. Endzone... COBB! TOUCHDOWN! UNBELIEVEABLE!"

"THIS to send the Packers into the NFC Championship. It iiiiiiiiiiiissss… GOOD! The Packers are moving on!"

"Oh, that's a catch!"

"Toss to White. He's... IN! Patriots win the Super Bowl! Brady has his fifth! What a comeback!"

"Puig right field! Here comes foreside! Throw by Reddick! He is... not in time! TIE GAME!"

"Keenum steps into it. Pass is... CAUGHT! DIGGS! SIDELINE! TOUCHDOWN! UNBELIEVABLE! VIKINGS WIN IT!"

"Altuve... HAS JUST SENT THE ASTROS TO THE WORLD SERIES!"

"Rizzo, the general manager, Dave Martinez the field manager, here they're one strike, one out away. 3-2. There it is! The Washington Nationals are world champions for the first time in franchise history!"

""It is high! It is far! It is gone!" (standard home run call)"

""Ballgame over! The Yankees win! Theeeee Yankees win!" (at the conclusion of a Yankees victory)"

"You just can't predict baseball."

""Robbie Cano, don'cha know?*" (Robinson Cano)"

""An A-bomb from A-Rod!" (Alex Rodriguez)"

""El comedulce, Bobby Abreu is as sweet as candy!*" (Bobby Abreu)"

""Gardy goes yardy!*" (Brett Gardner)"

""A thrilla, by Godzilla!*" (Hideki Matsui)"

""Andruw Jones makes his bones!*" (Andruw Jones)"

""You're on the mark, Teixeira!*" (Mark Teixeira)"

""He sends a Tex-message ...*" (Mark Teixeira)"

""Jolly old St. Nick!*" (Nick Swisher and Nick Johnson)"

""It's a Johnny rocket!*" (Johnny Damon)"

""Positively Damonic!*" (Johnny Damon)"

""The Melkman delivers!*" (Melky Cabrera)"

""Jorgie juiced one!*" (Jorge Posada)"

""A Damon dinger!*" (Johnny Damon)"

""El capitan!*" (Derek Jeter)"

""The sayonara kid does it again!*" (Hideki Matsui)"

""Oh Curtis, you're something sort of Grandish!*" (Curtis Granderson)"

""The Grandy-man can!*" (Curtis Granderson)"

""Austin powers a home run!*" (Austin Kearns)"

""Sir Lancelot rides to the rescue! C'est lui! C'est lui!*" (Lance Berkman)"

""Hinske with your best shot!*" (Erik Hinske)"

""Bern, baby, bern!*" (Bernie Williams)"

""Bernie goes boom!*" (Bernie Williams)"

""The Giambino*" (Jason Giambi)"

""The Bam-Tino*" (Tino Martinez)"

""Swishalicious*" (Nick Swisher)"

""Tyler a yellow riboon on that one!*" (Tyler Austin)"

""Torreyes is terrific! Bonny Ronnie!*" (Ronald Torreyes)"

""Gary is scary!*" (Gary Sanchez)"

""Here come's the Judge! On Judgment Day, he homers to [location]!*" (Aaron Judge)-->"

""Giancarlo, non si può stoparlo!" (Giancarlo Stanton)"

""It's Gleyber Day! He is the Gleyber of the Month! And like a good Gleyber, Torres is there" (Gleyber Torres)"

"Tagovailoa trying to.. make up for it. Fires to the endzone, TOUCHDOWN! ALABAMA WINS! The Crimson Tide will not be denied! True freshman, to true freshman: Tagovailoa to DeVonta Smith. Alabama breaks Georgia hearts. Nick Saban back on the summit, where he has caught "The Bear" with his sixth national championship. 'Bama has won 5 in nine years."

"Il Milan tenta di venire avanti ancora con Pegaso, il Cavallo Alato Rossonero, sulla fascia di destra! È proprio Cafu che cerca di darla in mezzo! Attenzione, Pippo lavora la palla, può far tutto Pippo, può far tutto Pippo, e c'è il gol di Pippo! Il gol di Pippo! Può far tutto Pippo! Può far tutto Pippo! Può far tutto Pippo! Può far tutto Pippo! Può far tutto Pippo! Può far tutto! Alta tensione mia! Può far tutto Pippo! Può far tutto Pippo! Può far tutto Pippo! Pippo, Pippo mio! Alta tensione! E sono 5 gol in una settimana! Lasciagli una palla morta a Pippo, lasciagli una palla sporca, è più bello del Dash: te la pulisce! {{small|[When Filippo Inzaghi scored the winning goal in the Serie A home 2-1 win Milan-Bologna on 13 September 2003] {{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/2003/i/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/giornata2/milanbologna/milanbologna.html|title=Il superlavoro di Superpippo"

"Che bello quando vengono questi gol! 1-2-3, 1-2-3! È un'azione bellissima, il gol dei ragazzi! Jon Dahl Tomasson! Che azione, che azione! Subito al Musée d'Orsay, prendi la registrazione, Claudio Lippi! Tiziana, porta - prendi il primo aereo per Parigi, è da mettere al Louvre! Signori, Monet non può far meglio! Che azione! (Watching the replay) Dentro, Tomasson, pallone dentro... ed è il gol di Sheva, il gol, lo vediamo, di Sheva... ecco Shevchenko che riceve sul primo palo, ed è il gol di Sheva di prima! {{small|[When Milan scored an amazing team goal in a Serie A away 3-0 against Sampdoria on 26 October 2003] {{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/2003/j/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/giornata7/sampdoriamilan/sampdoriamilan.html|title=Shevchenko travolge la Doria"

"Ho tanti dubbi sulla posizione di partenza di Tevez... ho tanti dubbi sulla posizione di partenza di Tevez... ho tanti dubbi... almeno cosi avanti... ho tanti dubbi sulla posizione... tanto così... ho tanti dubbi sulla posizione di Tevez... è sempre così!"

"Pellegatti: Carlo, ehm... (in German) du hast trainiert in viele- Ancelotti: No, grande! Parli tedesco!"

"Pellegatti: Buongiorno! Ibrahimovic: Come va cavallo? Pellegatti: Allora, il mio cavallo, Ibra Supremacy, andava così forte che tu a piedi lo battevi. Ibrahimovic: Dovevi prendere me! Pellegatti: Esatto!"

"C'è un solo allenatore in piedi, c'è un solo allenatore in piedi! È il nostro! C'è un solo allenatore in piedi! Si chiama Massimiliano, il suo cognome è Allegri! Ce n'è solo uno in piedi! Allenava l'Aglianese, sì e allora?! Problemi?! Problemi?!"

"Fate entrare Yepes! Fate entrare Yepes! Non entra Yepes, perché non entra Yepes? Perché non entra Yepes? Perché non entra Yepes? (...) Facciamo entrare Yepes, ragazzi, vi prego?! Sono in preda a un delirio, lo so, però io- però io lo voglio! (...) Ma perché non entra Yepes, perché? (...) Mi fate entrare- vi prego una cosa voglio nella vita d'ora in poi: l'ingresso in campo di Mario Yepes, posso? (...) L'arbitro non dà l'ok, perché non deve dare l'ok?"

"Gol! Gol! Gol! Sulley! Sulley! (Noticing that the goal was not convalidated) Cos'è? Ma non era gol? Ma non era gol? È ripartita la Juve in contropiede... (After watching the replay) Era gol! Ma era dentro! Ma è dentro clamorosa! Ma è dentro clamorosa! Ma non si può vivere così! Ma è dentro clamorosa! Ma basta! Ma basta! Basta, questi qui! L'ha presa dentro Buffon! Gigi, perché non l'hai detto?! Gigi, perché non l'hai detto?! Gigi! Guardami negli occhi, Gigi! Perché non l'hai detto, grande campione, Gigi?! Ma che roba brutta! Piangi, Conte! Guarda l'azione e piangi!"

"Ha pareggiato il Cesena! Ha pareggiato il Cesena! Ha pareggiato il Cesena! Ragazzi, ha pareggiato il Cesena! Vai Mario Beretta, io ti amo! Mario Beretta, io ti amo! Guardo il cielo di San Siro e ti amo! Vai Mario! Vai Mario, pareggio Mario! Vai Mario, pareggio Mario!"

"Palettone non demorde, non rinun- Abbiamo visto abbastanza, ciao a tutti, ciao a tutti, ciao a tutti!"

"Voglio morire in questo momento, voglio morire adesso, senza pietà... Uscita a vuoto di Donnarumma, gol di Icardi... Voglio morire adesso... Una roba pazzesca, una roba che ci perseguiterà per tutta la stagione, Dio mio! Dal nulla, questi cavano fuori gol dal nulla... Danno una pesciata al pallone e noi poi svolazziamo per- svolazziamo per niente... Incredibile, incredibile! Sono incazzato come una bestia rara! Guarda che cosa facciamo... guarda, palla nostra, in con- guarda che cosa gli regaliamo... È tutto il campionato che regaliamo gol, e questo è il più crudele, il più brutto, il più beffardo... (After a deep breath) Vincere di regalo al 93', pazzesco, pazzesco, pazzesco! Una roba più brutta che più brutta non si può, però la dobbiamo smettere di andare in giro a regalare gol per niente, ragazzi... la dobbiamo smettere di regalare gol per niente... È una roba di un brutto, e questi saltano- c'hanno un culo che è più grande di una casa... E noi siamo fessi, siamo polli... Siamo i polli più grandi del mondo!"

"Tiziano Crudeli: C'è qui una persona che vuole salutare- Fabio Ravezzani: Elio Corno- Mauro Suma: La stiamo vincendo, la stiamo vincendo, e consiglio ai gufi di cambiar- [Interference during the call] Perdonami Fabio, scusami, ne abbiamo subite tante fino adesso, non è ancora finita, speriamo bene, ma adesso la stiamo vincendo noi, speriamo bene! Ravezzani: [Wrongly attributing the voice to Milan supporter and commentator Carlo Pellegatti] Questo è Pellegatti! Questo è il mitico Pellegatti! Vedo Scarpini che ride! Suma: Scarpini! Scarpini! Scarpini! Roberto Scarpini: Eccallà! Lo sai che però non è finita però ancora eh! Quindi tieni i tuoi amuleti lì... Ravezzani: [Correcting himself for the previous voice attribution] Ma questo è Suma! Suma: Vai a La Coruña, Scarpini! Vai a La Coruña, Scarpini! Vai a La Coruña! Scarpini: Voi ci siete già andati e avete lasciato come si dice! Suma: Fabio ci sentiamo dopo, speriamo bene, non è ancora finita, speriamo bene!"

"Suma: Pronto? A TV viewer: Faccia da pirla! Suma: Chi è? Beh c'è chi si esprime- probabilmente era una telefonata non- interna, al nostro interno, qualche scherzo."

"Suma: Ciao Paolo, ciao Umberto, ciao a tutti voi che siete in studio! Qui a S.Siro fa freddo, ma doppio- Mosca: Cerca e ricerca- Ciao Mauro! Suma: Ciao Maurizio! Mosca: Cerca e ricerca di salutare tutti, sei il solito villano! Suma: No, no, no... Mosca: Sì, sei il solito villano! Suma: Ma no, non sono un villano, Mauri- Mosca: Sì, sei un villano! Suma: No, ho sentito il salu- Mosca: Sei un villano! Suma: Ho sentito il saluto di Paolo- Mosca: Sei un villano! Suma: Mi fai parlare? Mosca: Sei un v- Ma che lo las- Stai zitto!"

", I wish you and Satchel played with me on the Cardinals. Hell, the pennant would be won by July 4th and we could go fishing until World Series time."

"I ain't done nothin' about my language yet, but I want to say one thing. It don't make no difference how you say it, just so you say it in a way that makes sense. Did you ever meet anyone in your life that didn't know what ain't means?"

"Well, this 'headwork' on my part comes in good because the ball hits me smack dab in the middle of the forehead and knocks me colder than a mackerel, but I busts up the double play. I don't come to for a half-hour, and they rush me to the hospital to take a lot of X-rays and see how bad off I am. [...] The next day the papers come out with big headlines, "Dizzy Dean's Head Shows Nothing." I think they could have worded it different."

"You learn 'em English, and I'll learn 'em baseball."

"Diz never announced. He just sort of talked the game. That's the way he was on television, on radio before. You felt you were around a potbellied stove and he was speaking to you. He was funny, warm. He didn't let you listen or watch; he made you."

"'Dizzy' ain't dizzy and 'Daffy' ain't daffy. They're plenty smart and fine boys."

"I predicted at the (and that was early in the Series, not after he had carried it away in his pocket), I said he would replace the Babe. He is sho chuck full of personality and he is boastful, but it's not in a fresh way. It's in a kidding way, and he is always laughing, and he is what they call a natural ball player. He can do anything. put him in there to run bases, because he can run bases, and he will get a hit off anybody's pitching, and he loves to play ball. Will pitch every day if they let him."

"It's like watching Mario Andretti park a car."

"It's going, going, going — to be caught."

"He was a jewel. He loved the game of baseball. He loved to see it played correctly and smartly. He loved to talk baseball. He deeply understood the game, especially hitting."

"Women are made to feel grateful for progress but there is still so much to be done to reach equity (& that isn't just equal pay). Players associations are a vital part of reaching this. India women will dominate the global stage when as much thought goes into their game as the men"

"Her tone of voice and style of commentary is both passionate and knowledgeable. Isa Guha is the best female cricket commentator in the world and of quite possibly of all-time,"

"Not only was I not the best catcher in the major leagues, I wasn’t even the best catcher on my street."

"I went through life as 'a player to be named later'."

"Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes."

"One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: When you bought your ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth."

"He fought against chewing tobacco, wrote two more books, helped found an organization to assist former players in need, and worked tirelessly to try to help Native American kids. By any measure, that's a full life."

"“Personally, I feel honored to be with Milan for the second season. We’ve been working as a group and I know the efforts that the technical team has put in and the task that they have in the team. And I feel very blessed to be a part of Milan also in the second half of the season.”"

"“In my opinion, in the previous games that we lost, especially also in the Derby, they didn’t go our way. We need to also give credit to Inter as they are a good team and also we are also an equally good team. So when we played and played to win, it’s just unfortunate that the results didn’t go our way.”"

"“With the game against Empoli, is also going to be a difficult one. We know they are also a good team like any other team in the league. So it’s a good chance for us to redeem ourselves as a team and to focus on the positives that we are going out there to get”"

"“Training in Manchester, I realized that playing football is what I want to do. It was where I realized my dream of being a footballer. And when I moved to Australia, where I played for Canberra United, it was my first professional contract. And with that I got an eye opener on how it is to be a professional, how to behave and how it is to play at the highest level.”"

"“Playing at the San Siro has always been my dream, and I know it’s every footballer’s dream to play in such an iconic stadium. And despite the results that we got against Juventus, I think we played well as a team.""

"“And those memories will stay with us, despite the defeat. We always want to play in the best stadiums. We always want to play in the best countries, and given that opportunity by Milan, we’ll always be grateful.”"

"“After my football career, I’m hoping to give back to the community. I’m hoping to probe into young talents, and I want to use my experiences that I’ve got in football to change people’s lives.”"

"“We realised that we achieved a dream and we are also giving an opportunity to other youngsters to be able to dream because we realised that with perseverance, hard work and discipline, nothing is impossible.”"

"“The nickname ‘Fifi’ is cut from Refiloe. So instead of seeing the whole of ‘Refiloe’, we just take too the ‘Fi’ and make it ‘Fifi’, so it’s a short way of saying ‘Refiloe’.”"

"I thought I could do something with it." Three years down the line, Morake sees herself as the beginning of women's boxing in the country."

"When it started there was not much - we didn't have women in the BDF (Botswana Defence Force) or football and everybody is now following."

"So this is just the beginning. I'm the beginning of women's boxing in the country."

"I am happy to have won the championship. Many people have improved, the last time I played here there were not many woman candidate masters, today we have about three kids with those titles and I was really impressed with the way they played."

"It is every athlete’s dream to compete in the Olympics and the competition is stiff. We might have qualified via wild card but in every sport, anything can happen. I am going there to compete not to make up the numbers."

"It was not a decision I had to make, but something that reflected my personality. Basically, I had little interest in exposing myself, when I played my privacy was very important to me. It may have something to do with why I came to the fore at a very young age."

"There were less peaceful times in my environment, but I always had a lot of support. You get close to people who think like you, who have similar values, and you learn to recognize and identify those people. Tennis meant that I was surrounded by a lot of people and developed good radar to identify who was who."

"It was such a mobilizing thing that I decided to get involved."

"My goal is simply to give them back their happiness. And they give a lot to us because they show a strength that is admirable."

"It’s clear that the new generations grow up with them as a given, but to be communicating all the time, it’s almost obligation to do so… It becomes more difficult to stay focused on the essential, to have balance."

"Of everyone on Golden State, open shot, fate of the universe on the line or the Martians have the death beam pointed at Earth, you better hit it, I want Iguodala! That's right. And I know what that sounds like and it's not fair to Steph because so much defensive attention is paid to him. And I'm not saying Steph's not a better shooter, he's a way better shooter. Iguodala's got ice water in his veins. Iguodala is that type of player. High leverage moment, fate of the universe on the line, I want – open shot, not go get it – I want Iguodala taking that shot for me."

"I want to create spaces where young people are seen, heard, and inspired to take up space."

"Just start! Whether it’s watching games, writing, taking pictures, or even starting a YouTube channel, begin where you are."

"It won’t be easy, but it’s the journey that shapes you and builds your character. Along the way, you’ll be reminded of your ‘why,’ and that’s what will keep you going."