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"The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game"
(Kevin Keegan)
"Matches don't come any bigger than FA Cup quarter-finals"
(Neil Warnock)
"It's a tremendous honour. I'm going to have a banana to celibrate"
(Gordon Strachan after being voted fooballer of the year 1991)
"The midfield picks itself ; Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard and A.N Other"
(Phil Neal)
"In football, if you stand still you go backwards"
(Peter Reid)
"Out of nine red cards this season, we probably deserved half of them"
(Arsene Wenger)
"I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley, unless somebody knocks us out"
(Dave Basset)
"This sort of competition only comes around every 2 years, so you can't expect to win it every year"
(Michael Owen following England's exit from Euro 2004)
"I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time"
(Ron Atkinson)
"We didn't underestimate them, they were just a lot better than we thought"
(Bobby Robson)
"There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight"
(Ron Atkinson)
Grand National winning jockey Mark Fitzgerald: "Sex is an anti-climax after that!"
Desmond Lynam: "Well, you gave the horse a wonderful ride, everybody saw that"
"I've told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones"
(Chris Turner)
"What does it feel like being rammed up the backside by Barrichello?"
(James Allen interviewing Ralf Schumacher at a Grand Prix)
"Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand."
(Ted Lowe)
"The French are not normally a Nordic Skiing Nation"
(Ron Pickering)
"Stephen Hendry jumps on Steve Davis's misses every chance he gets."
(Mike Hallett discussing missed snooker shots on Sky Sports)
"... and here's Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago"
(David Coleman)
"Apart from their goals, Norway haven't scored"
(Terry Venables)
"There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch."
(Ron Atkinson lauding Gordon Strachan, 39)
"I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league."
(Mark Viduka )
"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel."
(Stuart Pearce )
"There's going to be a real ding-dong when the bell goes."
(David Coleman)
"That's inches away from being millimetre perfect"
(Ted Lowe)
"I was a bit anxious when I got to the stadium, but in all fairness if hadn't been anxious I'd have been worried."
(Leeds' Paul Robinson)
"...there are fears that the balloon may be forced to ditch in the Pacific. Mr Branson, however, remains buoyant and hopes to reach America..."
(Radio 4 News)
"Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America."
(Kevin Keegan)
"If Plan A fails, they could always revert to Plan A."
(Mark Lawrenson)
"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country."
(Ian Rush)
"I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet."
(David Beckham )
"Achilles tendon injuries are a pain in the butt."
(David O'Leary)
"Alessandro del Piero reminds me of Robert Rosario when I had him at Coventry."
(Bobby Gould)
"I'm not going to look beyond the semi-final - but I would love to lead Newcastle out at the final."
(Bobby Robson)
"It's real end-to-end stuff ... but unfortunately it's all up at Forest's end."
(Chris Kamara)
"Forest have now lost six matches without winning"
(David Coleman)
"If you'd offered me a 69 at the start this morning, I'd have been all over you."
(Golfer Sam Torrance)
"He's such an honest person it's untrue"
(Brian Little)
"If we played like this every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent"
(Bryan Robson)
"It was that game that put the Everton ship back on the road"
(Alan Green)
"If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the end of the day."
(Neville Southall)
"One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best."
(Alan Shearer )
"Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had."
(David Beckham)
"This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother."
(Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator)
"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)
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father"
(Greg Norman)
"This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria - I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing."
(Pat Glenn - Weightlifting commentator)
"He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off!"
(Soccer commentator George Hamilton on Spain manager Luis Suarez's substitution
of Butragueno during their world cup qualifier with Ireland in Seville, 1992)
"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)
"I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better."
(Ron Atkinson)
"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."
[Who says the British aren't liberal minded...]
(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)
"Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead."
(Tom Ferrie)
"Being naturally right-footed he doesn't often chance his arm with his left foot."
(Trevor Brooking)
"I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered"
(George Best)
"Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator"
(John Arlott)
"I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona"
(Mark Draper - Aston Villa)
"Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally against the run of play"
(Peter Lorenzo)
"I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable."
(Paul Gascoigne)
"For Burnley to win they are going to have to score."
(Chris Kamara )
"...and later we will have action from the men's cockless pairs..."
(Sue Barker)
"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw."
(Ron Atkinson)
"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)
