Great Sporting Wisdom: Legendary Quotes from the World of Sport. John Scally

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      First published in 1996 by CollinsWillow

      Copyright © John Scally 1996

      John Scally accepts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780002187336

      Ebook Edition © JUNE 2016 ISBN: 9780008193263

      Version: 2016-06-20

Dedication

       To Sheila, Aine, James,

       Liam and Fiona Finneran

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

The Good, The Glad and The Wordy

Chapter One: Athletic Aberrations

Chapter Two: Baseball Bloomers

Chapter Three: Basketball Babel

Chapter Four: Board and Card Games

Chapter Five: Boxing Barbs

Chapter Six: Pedal to the Metal

       Chapter Seven: Cricket Classics

       Chapter Eight: Football’s Fun and Frolics

       Chapter Nine: Golfing Gems

       Chapter Ten: Horse Racing Hoots

       Chapter Eleven: Ruck and Roll

       Chapter Twelve: Snooker from the Lip

       Chapter Thirteen: Tennis Theatricals

       Chapter Fourteen: Sporting Miscellany

       Great Sporting Supermouths of our Time

       Chapter Fifteen: Walker the Talker

       Chapter Sixteen: The Lowe-Down

       Chapter Seventeen: On the Great Vine

       Chapter Eighteen: The Golden Foot in Mouth Award

       Acknowledgements

       About the Publisher

Introduction

      In 1906 Ambrose Bierce defined quotation as ‘the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.’ Down through history much has been said and written about the people and events that have shaped the sporting world. This book assembles some of the most commonly misquoted and misattributed of those sporting quotations.

      Humour is a difficult thing to define. What reduces one person to helpless laughter may leave another indifferent. And what makes a funny quote? The context can be crucial.

      In normal circumstances the following would not be of great interest: ‘Sharp are currently working on bringing 3D TV into your living-rooms. Mr Koshima hopes it will be so realistic that viewers will have to duck when Eric Cantona takes a shot.’

      However, what makes this press release from Manchester United’s sponsors such a gem is that it was issued just before Cantona’s flying kick at a Crystal Palace fan. Of course, Cantona has carved a special niche for himself in this field with the immortal ‘When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.’ No doubt this remark will be the subject of PhD theses in years to come in such disparate disciplines as philosophy, Anglo-French literature СКАЧАТЬ