Commentators Quotes

The Dutch look like a huge jar of marmalade.

— Barry Davies

Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response.... Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you…

— Malcolm Forbes

For me, I try to look at a person's swagger and a little background on them if I already haven't liked them…

— Michael Bivins

...a tale of too many cooks in the defence.

— Ian Brown

Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far…

— Tony Benn

[Wave of bestselling conservative commentators] it's kind of like reading The Power Of Positive Thinking, or any other advice or how-to book.…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Liverpool are currently halfway through an unbeaten twelve-match run

— Alan Parry

Welcome to Bologna on Capital Gold for England versus San Marino with Tennent's Pilsner, brewed with Czechoslovakian yeast for that extra Pilsner…

— Jonathan Pearce

I'm not a journalist. I'm a pundit. I'm a commentator, I'm somebody with an opinion.

— Karl Rove

A full-blooded encounter for a number of reasons, many of them illegitimate.

— Jon Champion

I find it so easy to read qualified commentators who are 180 degrees opposed to each other.

— Neil Oliver

Neil Sullivan has stopped absolutely everything have thrown at him...Wimbledon 1, Manchester United 1.

— Mike Ingham

The scoreline didn't really reflect the outcome

— Tony Gubba

In all my years as a news commentator I was never once, able to tell the truth, about anything.

— Walter Cronkite

Lampard, as usual, arrived in the nick of time, but it wasn't quite soon enough.

— Alan Parry

Kevin Reeves...proving an ill wind blows nobody no good.

— David Coleman

Tottenham are trying tonight to become the first London team to win this cup. The last team to do so was the…

— Mike Ingham

He had an eternity to play that ball... but he took too long over it.

— Martin Tyler

All of West Ham's away victories have come on opponents' territory this season

— Rob Hawthorne

Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm.

— Barry Davies

Rangers are definitely on the back heel now

— Archie Macpherson

I'm an entertainer, not a commentator. If you're a comedian your job is to make people laugh.

— Johnny Carson

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

— Barry Davies

I think Israel, as a number of commentators pointed out, is becoming an insane state. And we have to be honest about…

— Norman Finkelstein

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

— Peter Drury