‘Maradona has the ball, two mark him, Maradona touches the ball, the genius of world soccer dashes to the right and leaves the third and is going to pass to Burruchaga. It’s still Maradona! Genius! Genius! Genius! Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tata. Goooooaaaal! Gooooooaaaaal! I want to cry! Dear God! Long live soccer! Gooooooaaaaalllllll! Diegoal! Maradona! It’s enough to make you cry, forgive me. Maradona, in an unforgettable run, in the play of all time. Cosmic kite! What planet are you from, to leave in your wake so many Englishmen? So that the whole country is a clenched fist shouting for Argentina? Argentina 2 England 0. Diegoal! Diegoal! Diego Armando Maradona. Thank you God, for soccer, for Maradona, for these tears, for this Argentina 2 England 0.’
Victor Hugo Morales, calling the 1986 Football World Cup for Radio Argentina
The Saints have had more five-year plans than Fidel Castro.’
Dennis Cometti, legend of AFL commentary
‘He’ll be looking to go as high as possible.’
‘Gravity will be wanting you to fall.’
‘Ascending the wall with fingers and mind.’
‘It’s warm and hot.’
Assorted lines from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Sport Climbing commentary
Words matter.
Good ones are efficient or effusive, beautiful
