LOL! Thanks.
Some new and some repeats:
> >
> > Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model:
> > "I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the
> > kids to copulate me."
> >
> > New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season:
> > "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
> >
> > And, upon hearing Joe Jacoby of the Redskins say,
> > "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl," Matt Millen of the
> > Raiders said, "To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too."
> >
> > Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann 1996:
> > Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like
> > Norman Einstein."
> >
> > Former Oiler coach Bum Phillips: When asked by Bob Costas why he takes
> his
> > wife on all the road trips, Phillips responded,
> > "Because she is too damn ugly to kiss goodbye."
> >
> > Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh:
> > "I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
> >
> > Clemson recruit Ray Forsythe, who was ineligible as a freshman because
> of
> > academic requirements:
> > "I play football. I'm not trying to be a professor. The tests don't seem
> > to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I
> > haven't been through in school."
> >
> > Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson hooking up again with promoter
> Don
> > King:
> > "Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for
> > three years, not Princeton."
> >
> > Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a
> color
> > photo of himself above his locker:
> > "That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my
> @#%#%@
> > clothes."
> >
> > Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his
> visit
> > to Greece:
> > "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
> >
> > Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships:
> > "I've won at every level, except college and pro."
> >
> > Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of
> > heavyweight Andrew Golota:
> > "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what
> > time it is".
> >
> > Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team's 7-27 record:
> > "We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I
> > just can't figure out where else to play." (1992)
> >
> > Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to
> Coach
> > Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice:
> > "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an
> > uncle or an aunt." (1982)
> >
> > Tommy Lasorda, Dodger manager, when asked what terms Mexican-born
> pitching
> > sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle
> > for in his upcoming contract negotiations:
> > "He wants Texas back."(1981)
> >
> > Darrell Royal, Texas football coach, asked if the abnormal number of
> > Longhorn injuries that season resulted from poor physical conditioning:
> "
> > One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about
> getting
> > a nose in condition for football?" (1966)
> >
> > Mike McCormack, coach of the hapless Baltimore Colts after the team's
> > co-captain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running
> onto
> > the field for the coin toss against St. Louis:
> > "I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next
> > time." (1981)
> >
> > Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire
> at
> > Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books:
> > "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet." (1991)
> >
> > Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he
> > thought of the refs:
> > "I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating." (1986)
> >
> > Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to
> > Sunday afternoons:
> > "It's basically the same, just darker." (1991)
> >
> > Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his decision not to vote:
> > "I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot." (1996)
> >
> > Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player:
> > "I told him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?' He
> > said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'" (1991)
> >
> > Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins:
> > "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." (1991)
> >
> > Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a
> > player who received four F's and one D: "Son, looks to me like you're
> > spending too much time on one subject." |
