Famous TV Quotes - "Oh No, What have I just said ..."

'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?'
( US TV commentator Jonny Huntridge )

'I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs...'
( Andy Gray, Sky Sports )

'This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.'
( Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator )

'Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks,ago'
( David Coleman )

'Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field.'
( Metro Radio )

' ....and later we will have action from the men's cockless pairs..'
( Sue Barker )

Dennis Pennis: 'Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?'
Chris Eubank: 'On what?'

' And for those of you who watched the last programme ( Fanny and Johnny Craddock Cookery Programme on the BBC ), I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fannys '
( David Coleman at the start of Match of The Day )

'I've told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones'
( Chris Turner, Peterborough manager, before LC QF, 1992 )

'I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered'
( George Best )

'If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent'
( Bryan Robson, Man U, 1990 )

Richard Keys : Well Roy, do you think that you'll have to finish above Manchester United to win the league ?
Roy Evans : You have to finish above everyone to win the league Richard

'If you can't stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the kitchen.'
( Terry Venebals, Capital Gold )

'It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday.'
( Radio 5 Live )

'Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money.'
( Newcastle United Fan, Radio 5 Live )

'I'm not a believer in luck..... but I do believe you need it.'
( Alan Ball )

'Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different.'
( Trevor Brooking )

'Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badlycut forehead.'
( Tom Ferrie )

'And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley......unless somebody knocks us out.'
( Dave Bassett )

'And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds.'
( Peter Jones )

'What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.'
( Jimmy Hill )

'Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins.'
( Brian Moore )

'Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.'
( David Acfield )

'What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio.'
( Gerry Francis )

Headline - John Harkes going to Sheffield, Wednesday.
( New York Post, 1993 )

'If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated footballers.'
( Mick Lyons )

'He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head.'
( Derek Johnstone- BBC TV Scotland, 1994 )

'The crowd think that Todd handled the ball.... they must have seen something that nobody else did.'
( Barry Davies, 1975 )

'I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel'
( Stuart Pearce, 1992 )

Jimmy Hill: Don't sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think Germany has got of getting through?
Terry Venables: I think it's fifty- fifty

There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch
( Ron Atkinson lauds Gordon Strachan, 39 )

Manchester United take more in programme sales than we take on the gate
( Lawrie McMenemy, Southampton )

If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim
( Berti Vogts, Germany coach )

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey
( Arrigo Sacchi, Italy coach, defending a meagre playing record )

Love is good for footballers, as long as it is not at half-time
( Richard Moller Nielsen, Denmark coach )

I was about to say, before something far more interesting interrupted.
( John Motson, France v Bulgaria )

Why didn't you just belt it son?
( Gareth Southgate's mother reflects publicly on her son's penalty miss )

The only way we will be going to Europe is if the club splash out and take us all to Eurodisney
( Dean Holdsworth, Wimbledon )

I was shocked when I was first introduced to the fans because they brought out a sheep, cut its head offand then smeared blood over my forehead
( Manchester United's Ronnie Johnsen on life with Besiktas, Turkey )

If the players want to make it hard for me, I am happy to make it twice as hard for them
( Wendy Toms, the first female referee to officiate in a professional game )

The score is Sunderland nil, Leicester nil, the temperature is nil and the entertainment value is not much above nil
( Sunderland v Leicester, Radio 5 Live )

I think having Wasps around here as well gives us that little buzz around the place
(Ray Wilkins on the QPR-Wasps groundshare)

This is an unusual Scotland side because they have good players
( Praise for the Under-21s from Javier Clemente, Spain's coach )

There are some great defenders here, I just don't know their names
( David Ginola of Newcastle and France )

It's sod's law. Now I've got time to improve my golf it's the wrong time of year
( Howard Wilkinson when sacked by Leeds )

I know where he should have put his flag up, and he'd have got plenty of help
( Ron Atkinson at Stamford Bridge )

The referee was booking everyone. I thought he was filling in his lottery numbers
( Ian Wright )

'Asking Ruud Gullit to perform in this sort of match is like asking Kiri te Kanawa to jam with the Spice Girls.'
( 5 Live's Pat Murphy on the lousy pitch at Derby and the ill-tempered nature of the game )

'We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite'
( Murray Walker )

'The black players at this club lend the side a lot of skill and flair, but you also need white players in there to balance things up and give the team some brains and some common sense.'
( Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades, speaking in 1991 )

On the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and living in Italy: "It was like being in a foreign country"
( Ian Rush )

'Bill Frindal has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator'
( John Arlott )

'Hodge scored for Forest after 22 seconds - totally against the run of play'
( Peter Lorenzo )

'We actually got the winner three minutes from the end but then they equalized.'
( Ian McNail )

'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 )

'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 )

'We'll still be happy if we lose. It's on at the same time as the Beer Festival.'
( Noel O' Mahony, Cork City boss before the game in Munich )

'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 )

'I never comment on referees and I'm not going to brek the habit of a lifetime for that pratt.'
( Ron Atkinson )

'Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew.'
( Harry Carpenter - BBC TV Boat Race 1977 )

'Here we are in the Holy Land of Israel - a Mecca for tourists.'
( David Vine )

'Morcelli has four fastest 1500-metre times ever. And all those times are at 1500 metres.'
( David Coleman )

'Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of.'
( David Coleman )

'To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.'
( Ruud Gullit )

'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 all - Radio 5 live )

'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona'
( Mark Draper - Aston Villa )

'There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class'
( David Coleman at The Montreal Olympics )

'...and Ray Illingworth is relieving himself in front of the pavilion'
( John Arlott )

'These greens are so fast they must bikini wax them'
( Gary McCord on the greens at Augusta )

"In terms of the Richter scale, this defeat was a force eight gale."
( John Lyall )

"Celtic were at one time nine points ahead, but somewhere along the road, their ship went off the rails."
( Richard Park )

"An inch or two either side of the post and that would have been a goal."
( Dave Bassett, speaking on Sky Sports )

"Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve."
( John Greig )

"My parents have been there for me. Ever since I was about seven."
( David Beckham )

"I would not be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league."
( Mark Viduka )

"We lost because we didn't win."
( Ronaldo )

"I've had 14 bookings this season - eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable."
( Paul Gascoigne )

"Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match."
( Ian Wright )

"One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best."
( Alan Shearer )

"Sometimes in football you have to score goals."
( Thierry Henry )

"Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win."
( Vinny Jones )

"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."
( David Beckham)

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