Great Sporting Quotes

1. Alan Minter- "Sure, there have been deaths in boxing but none of them serious."

2. Pat Glenn- Weightlifting commentator- "And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing!"

3. New Zealand Rugby Commentator- "Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Daryl Gibson comes inside of him."

4. Ted Walsh- Horse Racing Commentator- "This is really a lovely horse. I once rode her mother."

5. Winston Bennett- "I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body."

6. Murray Walker- F1 Racing Commentator- "The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical."

7. Greg Norman- "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my Father and Mother."

8. Terry Venables- "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."

9. Ron Atkinson- "I would not say that David Ginola is the best left winger in the premiership, but there are none better."

10. Harry Carpenter at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race 1977-"Ah, isn't that nice. The wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the Cox of the Oxford crew."

11. Metro Radio- "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven dicks on the field."

12. David Acfield- "Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seems to hang in the air for even longer."

13. Stuart Hall- Radio 5 live- "What will you do when you leave football, Jack? Will you stay in football?"

14. David Coleman at the Montreal Olympics- "And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class."

15. SPGA Commentator- "One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them.... Oh my god!!!!! What have I just said?!!!!"

16. Mary Arnold - NBC news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked "So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?

Colemanballs,wonderful.#4 is my personal favourite.In a similar vein Brian Clough on being asked if he was the greatest manager ever"No,but I'm in the top one!"

There's always the infamous

"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey"

(apparently it was Brian Johnston who said it, according to net sources)

Can't remember exactly what team, but Liverpool absolutely tonked someone about 11-0. Afterwards, Bill Shankly was asked about the opposition, to which he replied "They were lucky to get nil".

And the absolute classic shankly: "Of course I didn't take my wife to see Rochdale as an anniversary present.It was her birthday.Would I have got married during the football season?Anyway it was Rochdale reserves."