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!

The Best of the Best - Let’s See If You Know “Em!

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.

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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

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he is giving 110%
he's playing within himself

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[quote=dmek25;330869]he is giving 110%
he's playing within himself[/quote]

he's playing _____ himself

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

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This is a super-smart thread

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

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

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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.

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[quote=jsarno;331106]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.[/quote]


every other play.

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no one is looking ahead, we are concentrating on this game
next week is a trap game
he is doing his part
we will have to pick up the pace

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[QUOTE=dmek25;331285]no one is looking ahead, we are concentrating on this game
next week is a trap game
he is doing his part
we will have to pick up the pace[/QUOTE]

Yeah, those are great ones.
There are literally thousands.

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Mad Libs are back!

You really gave 110% effort with this thread NMSkins.

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[QUOTE=NM Redskin;330861]
6. They have to stay ______.
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The only one I missed. I said "within themselves."