Here is one that I like a lot. Hope there isn't any professional
athletes on the list.
Roy Rogers
Why Athletes Shouldn't Be Role Models...
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."
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Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann 1996:
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like
Norman Einstein."
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Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh:
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
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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."
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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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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."
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Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships:
"I've won at every level, except college and pro."
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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."
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Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team's 7-27
record in1992:
"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."
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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."
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Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints General Manager, when asked after a
loss what he thought of the refs:
"I'm not allowed to comment on lousy no good officiating."
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Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed
to Sunday afternoons: "It's basically the same, just darker."
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Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John
Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
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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."
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And the Gem
Oiler coach Bum Phillips when asked by Bob Costas why he takes his
wife on all road trips, Phillips responded:
"Because she is too damn ugly to kiss goodbye."
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