Commentators Quotes - Page 7

Tottenham ice their sublime cake with the ridiculous.

Peter Drury

Football, Ice, Cake

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My ambition really was, even as a child, to be a writer, a commentator, and a teacher, but a teacher of Talmud.

Elie Wiesel

Teacher, Children, Teaching

"Messenger to Mankind". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

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He caught that with the outside of his instep.

George Hamilton

Football, Caught

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Hyypia rises like a giraffe to head the ball clear

George Hamilton

Football, Balls, Giraffe

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It flew towards the roof of the net like a Wurlitzer

George Hamilton

Football, Flew, Roof

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Commentators frequently blame MMORPGs for an increasing sense of isolation modern life. But virtual worlds are less a cause of that isolation than a response to it. Virtual worlds give back what has been scooped out of modern life. The virtual world is in important ways more authentically human than the real world. It gives us back community, a feeling of competence, and a sense of being an important person whom people depend on.

Jonathan Gottschall

Real, Giving, People

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There's no telling what the score will be if this one goes in

George Hamilton

Football, Score, Ifs

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The unanimously applauded, self-congratulatory bromides of a Soviet Party Congress seemed contemptible. The unanimity of the sanctimonious, reality-concealing rhetoric spouted by American officials and media commentators in recent days seems, well, unworthy of a mature democracy.

Susan Sontag

Party, Reality, Self

Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.142, Macmillan

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...and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied to his foot with a piece of string.

Ian Darke

Football, Feet, Balls

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It's as if there's a magnet on the outside of the posts and bar.

John Helm

Football, Bars, Magnet

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He's passing the ball like Idi Amin.

Alan Parry

Football, Balls, Passing

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A peep, peep, peep, another peep, and that's it.

Barry Davies

Football

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What did you say to Souness after the end of the final whistle?

Tony Gubba

Football, Finals, Ends

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That's referee Mike Reed's 50th booking of the season, which works out at an average of six a game.

Alan Parry

Football, Games, Average

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Rangers are definitely on the back heel now

Archie Macpherson

Football, Rangers, Heels

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The crowd...a cacophony of colour

Peter Drury

Football, Cacophony, Crowds

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Daei's all alone here, with four Chelsea defenders for company.

Peter Drury

Football, Four, All Alone

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The referee was only five or seven yards away from that incident.

Peter Drury

Football, Yards, Seven

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He's pulling him off! The Spanish manager is pulling his captain off

George Hamilton

Football, Captains, Managers

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When I said they'd scored two goals, of course I meant they'd scored one.

George Hamilton

Football, Two, Goal

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He had no chance of beating Schmeichel from there, but it was always worth a try.

Alan Parry

Football, Trying, Chance

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

Jimmy Magee

Football, Balls, Strokes

Jimmy Magee, Jason O'Toole (2012). “Memory Man: The Life and Sporting Times of Jimmy Magee: Sports trivia from the 'Memory Man' Jimmy Magee”, p.136, Gill & Macmillan Ltd

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Anelka was travelling so fast that he couldn't keep his own feet

Clive Tyldesley

Football, Feet

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As the seconds tick down, Belgium are literally playing in time that doesn't exist.

Guy Mowbray

Football, Tick, Belgium

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A smoked salmon sandwich of a football match if ever there has been one.

Peter Drury

Football, Salmon, Sandwiches

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