Commentators Quotes · Page 6

Halifax against Spurs, the original David against Goliath confrontation

— John Helm

Martin O'Neill, standing, hands on hips, stroking his chin.

— Mike Ingham

Some European countries insist on saying that during World War II, Hitler burned millions of Jews and put them in concentration camps.…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Dickens is a much misunderstood and mis-approached writer, in that he tends to be read, particularly in the twentieth century, as a…

— Martin Amis

The honour is overpaid,When he that did the act is commentator.

— James Shirley

Peru score their third, and It's 3-1 to Scotland.

— David Coleman

Ian Baird is dashing around like a steam roller up front.

— Martin Tyler

A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence

— Alan Green

He hit that one like an arrow

— Alan Parry

Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the…

— Richie Benaud

For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.

— John Motson

Peter Weir has just shrugged off an ankle injury

— Jock Brown

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

— John Helm

CNN says Donna Brazile, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, will no longer be a political commentator for the network. This…

— Ari Shapiro

That's often the best place to beat a goalkeeper, isn't it, between the legs?

— Clive Tyldesley

Both of the Villa scorers were born in Liverpool, as was the Villa manager, who was born in Birkenhead.

— David Coleman

The ball was literally glued to the back of his foot - into the back of the net.

— Alan Parry

[ Republican Party] is correctly described as a "radical insurgency" by one of the leading conservative commentators, Norman Ornstein.

— Noam Chomsky

He was in the right place at the right time, but he might have been elsewhere on a different afternoon.

— Tony Gubba

...and then there was Johan Cruyff, who at 35 has added a whole new meaning to the word Anno Domini.

— Archie Macpherson

What that situation really needed was a little eyebrows.

— George Hamilton

Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead

— Alan Green

We don't really know what Iran are capable of when the gun is put to their head

— George Hamilton

And with just 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0.

— Ian Darke

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

— Alan Parry