by David Pickering (Author)
'A cracking compendium of who said what, about whom' - TIME OUT From Bill Shankly's deadpan statement that football 'is much more serious' than life and death, to the priceless gaffes - intentional or otherwise - of such commentators as Brian Johnson and David Coleman, sport has provided some of the funniest, most memorable and most widely disseminated of 20th-century quotations in English. CASSELL'S SPORTS QUOTATIONS offers over 3000 of these quotations. Listed under themes which include all of the key international sports from Athletics to Tennis, major sports stars from Muhammad Ali to Zinedine Zidane, plus various more general sporting topics.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 14 Mar 2002
ISBN 10: 0304362131
ISBN 13: 9780304362134
Book Overview: Thousands of amusing sports quotations - arranged thematically Includes quotations by and about the major stars of 20th- century sport Covers all the key UK, European and Commonwealth sports, plus Baseball, American Football, and Basketball Fully updated for the paperback edition to include sections on England v Germany, Sven-Goran Eirksson, Steffi Graf, Goran Ivanisevic, Sir Steven Redgrave, Jack Russell, Sledging, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh and Venus Williams All quotations fully sourced and annotated Index of names allows the user to identify quotations by and about all the major names in international sport.