John Motson Quotes & Sayings

The game is balanced in Arsenal's favour. — John Motson

Nearly all the Brazilian supporters are wearing yellow shirts - it's a fabulous kaleidoscope of colour. — John Motson

Its Arsenal 0 - Everton 1, and the longer it stays like that the more you've got to fancy Everton. — John Motson

The World Cup is a truly International event. — John Motson

I think this could be our best victory over Germany since the war. — John Motson

The unexpected is always likely to happen. — John Motson

And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction. — John Motson

That shot might not have been as good as it might have been. — John Motson

Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before kick off — John Motson

Owen scores and breaks Lineker's competitive scoring record. Although this being a friendly it doesn't actual count, so he hasn't quite done it yet. — John Motson

The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now. — John Motson

There is still nothing on the proverbial scoreboard. — John Motson

In a sense it's a one-man show ... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper. — John Motson

It looks like a one man show here, although there are two men involved. — John Motson

Gary Lineker has now scored 37 goals. That is precisely twice as many as last year. — John Motson

Arsene Wenger has got to unlock the purse strings — John Motson

For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip. — John Motson

Defoe was level and anyone who says otherwise is picking hairs — John Motson

Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves. — John Motson

Northern Ireland are ten minutes away from their finest victory. There's 15 minutes to go here. — John Motson

And I suppose they [Spurs] are nearer to being out of the FA Cup now than any other time since the first half of this season, when they weren't ever in it anyway. — John Motson

The match has become quite unpredictable, but it still looks as though Arsenal will win the cup. — John Motson

Ruud Gullit was able to impose his multi-lingual skills on this match. — John Motson

Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was. — John Motson

The goals made such a difference to the way this game went. — John Motson