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Jimmy Magee Quotes

1935–2017 Ireland

Jimmy Magee (31 January 1935 – 20 September 2017) was a veteran sports broadcaster. Known as the "Memory Man", he has spent over half a century in sports broadcasting, and has presented radio and television coverage of the Olympic Games since 1968 and the FIFA World Cup since 1966.

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"I bet there's a tear in your eye wherever you're watching this. There's nothing wrong with tears; tears are often shed in joy."

"GREAT play by the Mexican there! He took on the whole shagbag lot o' them!"

"And there it is, the international symbol of peace – the pigeon!"

"One thing's for sure, if there's a blackout here in London, you'll find Warren with those boots... you might not see the rest of him!"

"A modest young lady with her head the same size as it was when she was a child."

"Ardiles strokes the ball like it was a part of his anatomy."

"It's a rip-roarer, an absolutely titanic struggle if that's the right thing to say about a Belfast man... Make sure the rivets are tight and away you go!"

"...Jim ‘the Blue Panther’ Rock..."

"Willie, you might as well take out your money and spend it. Spend it on a cruise. A cruise around Andy Lee."

"If you only knew the dreams in that little boy's head all those years ago. You don't know how lucky I am. I will never retire because even if they retire me, I'll find something else to do."

"This is the 671st game in World Cup history, starting all the way back in 1930 in Uruguay … and no I haven't seen them all."

Maradona scores against England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. herald.ie

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jimmy Magee (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.