[Janette]

These are all sports quotes, from the likes of the immortal David Coleman!




The batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willey.
-- Brian Johnston (as Michael Holding faced Peter Willey)

And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.
-- David Coleman

We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind.
-- David Coleman

He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62.
-- David Coleman

And the line up for the final of the Women's 400 metres hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman.
-- David Coleman

The Republic-of-China - back in the Olympic Games for the first time.
-- David Coleman

That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record.
-- David Coleman

And Britain defeats the rest of the world to pick up the bronze medal.
-- Unknown

[Mairi]

These are priceless, Janette. Thanks for making me laugh out loud.

I'm sure there are also some wonderful quotes from Murray Brown out there somewhere!!

[Janette]

Originally posted by miriam
I'm sure there are also some wonderful quotes from Murray Brown out there somewhere!!

I bet there are some from Murray Walker too!!!!!

[James]

There's a whole page of Murray's legendary remarks here

http://www.chrisknowles.mcmail.com/murray.html

There's too many to print here though.

Typical example: "Nigel Mansell - the man of the race - the man of the day- the man from the Isle of Man"

[Janette]

Nice one James, here are a few more



"And now excuse me while I interrupt myself..."

"Tambay's hopes, which were previously nil, are now absolutely zero."

"I've just stopped my startwatch."

"That was exactly the same place where Senna overtook Nannini that he didn't overtake Alain Prost."

"A mediocre season for Nelson Piquet, as he is now known, and always has been."

"Martin Schanche's car is absolutely unique except for the one behind, which is identical."

"Two laps to go, then the action will begin. Unless this is the action, which it is."

"The young Ralf Schumacher has been upstaged by the teenager Jenson Button, who is 20."

"It's a sad ending albeit a happy one here at Montreal for today's grand prix."

"The first four cars are both on the same tyres."

"Unless I'm very much mistaken... yes, I AM very much mistaken."

"There's nothing wrong with the car except it's on fire."

"With the race half gone there is half the race still to go."

"I imagine the conditions in those cars are totally unimaginable."

"The atmosphere is so tense you could cut it with a cricket stump."

"Prost can see Mansell in his earphones."

"Either that car is stationary or it is on the move."

"And now the boot is on the other Schumacher."

"Do my eyes deceive me or is Senna's car sounding a bit rough?"

"Damon Hill is leading. Behind him are the second and third men."

"There's only a second between them. One. Thats how long a second is."

"There is no doubt in my mind that if the race had been 46 laps instead of 45 it would have been a McLaren first and second. But it didn't so it wasn't."

"And it's Mansell, Mansell, Mansell... Nigel Mansell." [it was actually Alain Prost]

"He's obviously gone in for a wheel change. I say obviously because I can't see it."

"Anything happens in grand prix racing and it usually does."

"Alboreto has dropped back up to fifth place."

"He is shedding buckets of adrenaline in that car."

Murray: "What's that? There's a body on the track!"
James Hunt: "Um, I think that that is a piece of bodywork from someone's car."

Murray: "There's a fiery glow coming from the back of the Ferrari."
James Hunt: "No Murray, that's his rear safety light."

"And the first five places are filled by five different cars."

"You can't see a digital clock because there isn't one."

"And we've had five races so far this year - Brazil, Argentina, Imola, Schumacher and Monaco."

"And Damon Hill is coming into the pit lane, yes it's Damon Hill coming into the Williams pit and Damon Hill is in the pit, no it's Michael Schumacher."

"As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth."

"I can't imagine what kind of problem Senna has. I imagine it must be some sort of grip problem."

"And this is the third placed car about to lap the second placed car."

Murray: "So Bernie, in the seventeen years since you bought McLaren, which of your many achievements do you think was the most memorable?"
Bernie Ecclestone: "Well I don't remember buying McLaren."

"Andrea de Cesaris... The man who has won more grand prix than anyone else without actually winning one of them."

[Mairi]

Originally posted by miriam
I'm sure there are also some wonderful quotes from Murray Brown out there somewhere!!

Errrrrrrr, who's Murray Brown?

[Romantic Old Bird]

Samuel Goldwyn provded us with a few good ones as well:

"An oral contract isn't worth the paper it's written on."

"Gentlemen, include me out."

"Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined."

"If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive."

"They stayed away in droves."

"Don't improve it into a flop!"

"I don't want yes-men around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their jobs."

"I read part of it all the way through."

"I had a great idea this morning, but I didn't like it."

"If I look confused it's because I'm thinking."

"That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg."

"Tell them to stand closer apart."

"For your information, just answer me one question!"

"You fail to overlook the crucial point."

"In two words, impossible."

"It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities."

"Go see that turkey for yourself, and see for yourself why you shouldn't see it."

"A hospital is no place to be sick."

"Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success."

"If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business."

"I'm willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong."

"Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day."

"Even if they had it in the streets, I wouldn't go." -- On Mardi Gras.

"Yes, but keep copies." -- When his secretary asked him if she should destroy files that were over ten years old.

"True, I've been a long time making up my mind, but now I'm giving you a definite answer. I won't say yes, and I won't say no -- but I'm giving you a definite maybe."

"I don't care if it doesn't make a nickel. I just want every man, woman, and child in America to see it."

"A bachelor's life is no life for a single man."

"Can she sing? She's practically a Florence Nightingale."

"Let's have some new cliches."

"Why did you do that? Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Sam!" -- When a friend told him he named his son Sam.

"I paid too much for it, but it's worth it."

"Yes, but that's our strongest weak point." -- When a reporter asked a young Samuel Goldwyn if he'd ever made a picture before.

"The trouble with this business is the dearth of bad pictures."

"You've got to take the bull between your teeth."

"We have that Indian scene. We can get the Indians from the reservoir."

"I have been laid up with intentional flu."

"He treats me like the dirt under my feet."

"I want to make a picture about the Russian secret police -- the GOP."

"Let's bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue."

"There is a statue of limitation."

"I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years."

"Never make forecasts, especially about the future."

"I don't think anyone should write his autobiography until after he's dead."

"Modern dancing is old fashioned."

"This makes me so sore it gets my dandruff up."

"Why is everything so dirty here?" Goldwyn once asked of a film director. When told it was supposed to be a slum, Goldwyn responded, "Well, this slum cost a lot of money. It should look better than an ordinary slum."

"Keep a stiff upper chin."

"Gentlemen, listen to me slowly."

"Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting."

"To hell with the cost, if it's a good story, I'll make it." -- When told a particular script was "too caustic" for film.

"Our comedies are not to be laughed at."

"Put it out of your mind. In no time, it will be a forgotten memory."