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Famous Quotes

Bill Raftery is known for his creative colloquialisms, his unique pronunciation of "man-to-man," and his often original ways of expressing play-by-play activities. The following are some of his more oft-used and memorable quotes.

• "Send it in, Jerome!"
• "The Big Guy"
• "With disdain to the tin!"
• "Send it in, Verne!"
• "...with the kiss!"
• "With the sweet kiss, off the glass..."
• "Dagger!"
• "Onions!"
• "Nylon!"
• "The vegetable cart"
• "Put a little english on it"
• "With the teardrop, that'll make you cry"
• "Panties on the deck"
• "We got a little nickel-dimer here"
• "The small change"
• "With the blow-by"
• "With authority!"
• "Send it in, big fella!"
• "From the Right Wing!"
• "There's a little lingerie on the deck"
• "The bounce to ecstasy"
• "You might call this Newton's Law!"^[1]
• "Most unattractive but beneficial"
• "With the dribble drive"
• "Attacking the tin!"
• "Strong... to the goal!"
• "Bring your lunch!"
• "Elevation!"
• "(insert co announcers name), (insert team name) goes man to man!"
• "They're playing a (insert zone defense name) zone with man-to-man principles!"
• "A little ricochet romance!"
• "Get the puppies set!"
• "He can do it all; let him into the band!"
• "(insert player's name) with some early onions!"
• "Fill the lane! Provide the lift!"
• "He can make you ask for your mommy."
• "Walter at the altar: High Mass!"
• "Bottle of blackout!"
• "Deployment!"
• "Divine intervention!"
• "With a little smoocher!"
• "Protect the women and children!"
• "Chubby Checker Do the Twist!"
• Vern Lundquist: "I hope Dwayne Wade likes cajun cooking!" (dramatic 5 second pause, Bill Raftery: "JAMBALAYA!"
• "A Large Edifice!"

Beyond the use of his celebrated signature phrasings, Raftery has also demonstrated the ability to blend humor and analysis in individual game situations.

In the late stages of a competitive 2002 NCAA Tournament game between UCLA and Cincinnati, a CBS camera showed the parents of a player who was shooting free throws. Raftery immediately remarked, "Free throws can destroy a family."

In 2007, Raftery along with his broadcast partner, Verne Lundquist, made a classic exchange after Memphis' Douglas-Roberts made an emphatic jam in Ohio State's regional final victory.

Raftery: "The speed! Done with alacrity! Sitting over there, he was salivating at an opportunity." Lundquist: "I'm still stunned at 'alacrity'." Raftery: "Don't ask me to spell it."

Preceded by Richard Regan

Seton Hall Men's Head Basketball Coach 1970–1982

Succeeded by P.J. Carlesimo

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FOOTBALL QUOTES

1. Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings. - George Will

2. The NFL, like life, is full of idiots. - Randy Cross

3. I've found that prayers work best when you have big players. - Knute Rockne

4. If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. - Vince Lombardi

5. The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries. - Art Modell

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RUNNING QUOTES

 

Let's face it. Handicaps were made for golfers and bowlers. There's no reason to hold back and sandbag a 10k time. Despite press and media devoted to the contrary, running was never intended to feel good. Running is not a lifestyle choice. Simply put, It's a sport."
Manciata, after reading the latest issue of Runner's World

"I ran and ran every day, and I acquired a sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never, give up, no matter what else happened."
Wilma Rudolph, US track star (from Wilma).

"It's better to burn out than to fade away."
Tom Petty

"Road racing is rock 'n roll; track is Carnegie Hall."
Marty Liquori

 

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CLIMBING QUOTES

 

Why are there handicapped parking spaces at the Lazy Mountain Trailhead? If a handicapped person is going to climb 3,000 vertical feet up a mountain why not ten extra feet in a flat parking lot?"
Michael Logsdon

"Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it."
Sir Edmund Hillary

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CYCLING QUOTES

 

"What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potenial embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint. I was discovering that if it was a matter of gritting my teeth, not caring how it looked, and outlasting everybody else, I won. It didn't seem to matter what sport it was--in a straight-ahead, long-distant race, I could beat anybody. If it was a suffer-fest, I was good at it."
- Lance Armstrong, My Journey back to Life

"But to say that the race is the metaphor for the life is to miss the point. The race is everything. It obliterates whatever isn't racing. Life is the metaphor for the race."
Donald Antrim

"I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer? We are getting soft... As for me, give me a fixed gear!"
Henri Desgrange

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TENNIS QUOTES:

"Men hate to lose. I beat my husband once at tennis. I asked him, "Will we ever make love again?" He said, "Yes.... but not with each other.""

Rita Rudner

 

"I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches."

Pete Sampras "It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point."  Andre Agassi

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