All of these are claimed to be real quotes.
> 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."
> .................................................................
> Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John
> Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
> .....................................................................
> 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."
> .....................................................................
> 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."
> .....................................................................
> 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.'"
> ........................................................................
> 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 damn ugly to kiss good-bye."
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