dstark
January 26, 2008, 2:56pm
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<p>Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model:</p>
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<p>“I wan’ all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan’ all the kids to
copulate me.”
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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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And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skins say:
“I’d run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl,” </p>
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<p>Matt Millen of the Raiders said: “To win, I’d run over Joe’s Mom, too.”
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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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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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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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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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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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Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player:
"I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?’
He responded,“Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.”
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<p>and for some reason, my personal favorite…</p>
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<p>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.”</p>
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<p>I’ve heard some say M. Vick’s scheduled punishment is so severe that it will prevent him from earning a living when he gets out. That feeling assumes of course that his only way of earning a living is in the NFL, and that the NFL will not have him. Have we forgotten he’s a college grad? His alma mater must be so proud…</p>
Chedva
January 26, 2008, 6:02pm
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<p>I could have sworn that “You guys line up alphabetically by height” was Yogi Berra.</p>
<p>I don’t think Vick graduated. I think he came out early.</p>
mini
January 26, 2008, 8:17pm
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<p>Do they sound all that much different from the leader of the free world? :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>I didn’t know Bill Gates played ball in college!</p>
mini
January 26, 2008, 8:21pm
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<p>He mostly didn’t go to college.</p>
<p>had to be dodge-ball</p>
<p>Maybe that’s why Bill Gates quit. He looks like he was always the target the jocks would pick on in dodge ball (I guess that makes his fortune the ultimate Revenge of the Nerd!)</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing this, I really appreciate a laugh, first thing in the morning.</p>
<p>Let’s shoot at the athletes a little more… I know you want to.</p>
<p>You can find stupidity in any profession.</p>
<p>“I wan’ all the kids to copulate me.”</p>
<p>0_0 </p>
<p>Let’s keep the youngsters away from Dawson! </p>
<p>I agree that you can find stupidity in any profession. It is more frightening when the field emphasizes brains rather than braun, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I believe the 38th President of the United States was on the all star College football team.</p>
<p>Football actually seems to have been the sport for quite a few politicians- and a while I ago I saw that a former governor of Minn resumed his athletic career ;)</p>