If you can't hear a pin drop, then something is definitely wrong with your bowling.
- Anonymous
Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.
- Andrew Vachss
David Coleman: "Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever. And all those times are at 1500 meters."
David Coleman: "That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record."
David Coleman: "This is a young man who is only 25, and you have to say, her has answered every question that has ever been asked."
Ron Pickering: "Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front."
David Coleman: "A truly international field, no Britons involved."
Ron Pickering: "The American's head are on their chins a little bit at the moment."
Zola Budd: "She hasn't run faster than herself before."
Mike Gratton: "Born in America. John returned to his native Japan."
David Coleman: "Ingrid Kristiansen then has smashed the world record, running the 5000 metres in 14:58.89. Truly amazing. Incidentally, this is a personal best for Ingrid Kristiansen."
Brendan Foster: "The Kenyans haven't done much in the last two games, in fact they haven't competed since 1972."
David Coleman: "He's 31 this year. Last year he was 30."
Ian Edwards: "...and finally she tastes the sweet smell of success."
David Coleman: "The late start is due to the time."
David Coleman: "And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand."
Alan Pascoe: "A very powerful set of lungs, very much hidden by that chest of his."
Ron Pickering: "And the mile once again becomes the focal point where it's always been."
David Coleman: "That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record."
David Coleman: "We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind."
David Coleman: "Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago..."
David Coleman: "He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62."
David Coleman: "Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of."
David Coleman: "And the line up for the final of the Women's 400 meters hurdles includes three Russians, two East Germans, a Pole, a Swede and a Frenchman."
Joan Rivers, commenting on when she will start jogging: "The first time I see a jogger smiling., I'll consider it."
John Francombe: "The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball."
Brough Scott: What are your immediate thoughts, Walter ?
Walter Swinburn: I don't have any immediate thoughts at the moment
Jimmy Lindley: "Steve Cauthen, well on his way to that mythical 200 mark."
Chris Pool: "A racing horse is not like a machine. It has to be tuned up like a racing car."
Harvey Smith: "As you travel the world, do you do a lot of traveling ?"
Dorian Williams: "He's a very competitive competitor, that's the sort of competitor he is."
Penny Chenery, who owned Secretariat: "Ask anyone on the street for one name in horse racing and they will always say Secretariat. He is the definitive touchstone between racing and the American public."
Jerry Seinfeld, on what a horse must think after a race is over: "They must get to the end and go, 'We were just here.' What's the point of that?"
D. Wayne Lukas, referring to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, and gelding, Funny Cide: "The ultimate equipment change."
Pete Axthelm, referring to Secretariat's 31 length victory in the Belmont Stakes: "I used to think the greatest thing I ever saw was the Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden. This was even better."
Kenny Mayne, before the running of the Belmont Stakes: "Other than being castrated, things have gone quite well for Funny Cide."
Joe E. Lewis, comedian: "This is the only place where the windows clean the people."
Vic Stauffer, track announcer at Hialeah in 1993, calling a race with a horse named Altmagraenguida, after two vain attempts at pronouncing the horse's name, he surrendered during the stretch run: "Here comes the number 4."
