1. 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."
2. 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."
3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skin's 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."
4. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins:
"He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann:
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman
Einstein."
6. Senior basketball player at West Virginia University :
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." (Now that is
beautiful)
7. Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: "You guys
line up alphabetically by height.." And, "You guys pair up in groups of
three, and then line up in a circle."
8. Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson going to prison: "Why would anyone expect
him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton "
9. 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."
10. 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."
11. 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."(I wonder if
his IQ ever hit room temperature in January)
12. Frank Layden , Utah Jazz President, on a former Coach: 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."
13. 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."
14. In the words of NC State great Charles Shackelford I can go to
my left or right, I am amphibious.
15. 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 damn ugly to kiss good-bye."
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