FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: ffbookmarks.com

TRACK AND FIELD

RUNNING QUOTES

1. David Coleman: "Morcelli has four fastest 1500-meter times ever. And all those times are at 1500 meters."

2. David Coleman: "That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record."

3. 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."

4. Ron Pickering: "Mary Decker Slaney, the world greatest front runner, I shouldn't be surprised to see her at the front."

5. David Coleman: "A truly international field, no Britons involved."

6. Ron Pickering: "The American's head are on their chins a little bit at the moment."

7. Zola Budd: "She hasn't run faster than herself before."

8. Mike Gratton: "Born in America. John returned to his native Japan."

9. 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."

10. Brendan Foster: "The Kenyans haven't done much in the last two games, in fact they haven't competed since 1972."

11. David Coleman: "He's 31 this year. Last year he was 30."

12. Ian Edwards: "...and finally she tastes the sweet smell of success."

13. David Coleman: "The late start is due to the time."

14. David Coleman: "And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand."

15. Alan Pascoe: "A very powerful set of lungs, very much hidden by that chest of his."

16. Ron Pickering: "And the mile once again becomes the focal point where it's always been."

17. David Coleman: "That's the fastest time ever run - but it's not as fast as the world record."

18. David Coleman: "We estimate, and this isn't an estimation, that Greta Waitz is 80 seconds behind."

19. David Coleman: "Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago..."

20. David Coleman: "He is accelerating all the time. That last lap was run in 64 seconds and the one before in 62."

21. David Coleman: "Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of."

22. 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."

23. Joan Rivers, commenting on when she will start jogging: "The first time I see a jogger smiling., I'll consider it."

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