Top 11 Sports Cliches of All Time

Believe it or not, July 15-21 is Sports Cliché Week. So after decades of overuse by second-rate sports commentators everywhere, here are the top 11 sport clichés of all time!

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1. You can’t stop him, you can only hope to ______ him.

2. They have to take it one game at a ______.

3. Records are made to be ______.

4. He’s really been in the ______.

5. This team must ______ to the occasion.

6. They have to stay ______.

7. He thrives under ______.

8. This team has overcome a lot of ______.

9. They control their own ______.

10. This team sent a ______ today.

11. This win was a ______ team effort.

Answers

1. contain
2. time
3. broken
4. zone
5. rise
6. focused
7. pressure
8. adversity
9. destiny
10. message
11. total

What It Means

Less than 7 correct: Don’t ever talk about sports. Ever.
7-9 correct: You know enough not to embarrass yourself in a Monday morning conversation.
10 correct: You’re an all-star! You like starting the argument that golfers are athletes.

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Crash Davis: It's time to work on your interviews.
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: My interviews? What do I gotta do?
Crash Davis: You're gonna have to learn your clichés. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play it one day at a time."
Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Got to play... it's pretty boring.
Crash Davis: 'Course it's boring, that's the point. Write it down.

i missed a few

1. I guessed hold knowing it was probably wrong. I guess contain is pretty close to that.

6. I said hummble. Focused. I think it can be a lot of things

11. I said great. I guess total makes more sense.

Nice thread. :D

he is giving 110%
he's playing within himself

he is giving 110%
he's playing within himself

he's playing _____ himself

i don't know, i fill that blank with something a couple letters shorter than within.

This is a super-smart thread

If you've ever seen a joe gibbs interview, You should get atleast 80% right.

"we just need to take it one ______ at a time"

Well, how many times have you heard madden say something like "the key to the game is to score more points than your opponant". lol.

Well, how many times have you heard madden say something like "the key to the game is to score more points than your opponant". lol.


every other play.