Memorable Sports Quotes

ClubberLang · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject: Memorable Sports Quotes

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 'Skins say: "I'd run over my

own mother to win the Super Bowl, "Matt Millen of the Raiders then said:

"To win the Super Bowl, 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, 1996:

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like

Norman Einstein."

6. Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: "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 over here 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 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.'"

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. 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."