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

Dada is like your hopes: nothing like your paradise: nothing like your idols: nothing like your heroes: nothing like your artists: nothing like your religions: nothing — Francis Picabia

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

Hollywood is responsible for some of the greatest and worst movies of all time! — Ricky Gervais

Thirteen years after Basic Instinct, Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) is now in London, and is going out with a footballer played by Stan Collymore, of all people. On the rebound from John Motson, perhaps. It is difficult to convey just how uproariously awful this movie is, all of the time. — Peter Bradshaw

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

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

Since the life of the soul is bound to God, those who are by sin alienated from him are to be regarded as dead. — John Calvin

It's very simple why kids are crazy about dinosaurs - dinosaurs are nature's Special Effects. They are the only real dragons. Kids love dragons. It's not just being weirdly shaped and being able to eat Buicks. It's that they are real. — Robert T. Bakker

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

I could've punch him in the nose, but there wasn't a stepladder anywhere handy. — Jay Crownover

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

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

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

Is John Motson still wearing his shepherdskin coat? — Bobby Gould

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