Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre
Dawson on being a role model:
"I
wan'all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to
me. I wan' 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 Jacobi of the 'Skins 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." |
| Senior basketball player at the University
of Pittsburgh: "I'm going to graduate
on time, no matter how long it takes." |
| Bill Peterson, a Florida State football
coach: "You guys line up alphabetically
by height." And, "You guys pair up in
groups of three, then line up in a circle." |
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 ."
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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."
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| 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." |
| 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." |
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."
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| 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." |
Amarillo High School and 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 ugly to kiss good-bye."
(Dead man walkin' ) |
