You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television by Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim

One of America's most respected sportscasters--and the play-by-play voice of NBC's Sunday Night Football--gives us a behind-the-curtain look at some of the most thrilling games and fascinating figures in modern sports.


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YES PLEASE - Amy Poehler

“That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.”

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THE ANDY COHEN DIARIES by Andy Cohen

“I HAVE SOCIAL DISEASE. I HAVE TO GO OUT EVERY NIGHT. IF I STAY HOME ONE NIGHT I START SPREADING RUMORS TO MY DOGS. —ANDY WARHOL”

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WHAT IF - Randall Munroe

“There’s no material safety data sheet for astatine. If there were, it would just be the word “NO” scrawled over and over in charred blood.”

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Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics by Charles Krauthammer

“Krauthammer’s Law: Everyone is Jewish until proven otherwise. I’ve had a fairly good run with this one.”

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SO ANYWAY - John Cleese

“True, there was a vague assumption that doing so would bring me closer to God, but then who was God when he was at home? And why did he keep losing it with his chosen people, when he could easily have changed his mind, and picked a more co-operative bunch?”

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Not That Kind of Girl Quotes by Lena Dunham

“You will find,” she says, “that there’s a certain grace to having your heart broken.”

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SMALL VICTORIES - Anne Lamott

“Getting found almost always means being lost for a while.”


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IN THE KINGDOM OF ICE, by Hampton Sides

“A stagnant navy,” noted one maritime scholar, “was no place for a man on the make.”

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I AM MALALA - Malala Yousafzai

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced”

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FOOD - Jim Gaffigan

“The pig is converting a tasteless piece of fruit, essentially garbage, into one of the most delicious foods known to man. The pig has to be one of the most successful recycling programs ever. When you think about it, that is more impressive than anything Steve Jobs did.”

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DREAMERS AND DECEIVERS by Glenn Beck

“Perhaps, in the end, the lesson is that it’s as important to say “I tried” as it is to say “I succeeded.”

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AS YOU WISH - Cary Elwes

“That particular take was the one that ended up in the film. So when you see Westley fall to the ground and pass out, that’s not acting. That’s an overzealous actor actually losing consciousness.”

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41 - George W. Bush

“Do not allow defeat to extinguish your dreams. If you keep working and remain optimistic, opportunities can come your way.”

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