LOL @ HI--note the Steve Spurrier quote
Why, oh why do they give sports scholarships?
Chicago Cubs outfielder, Andre Dawson, on being a role model: "I want
> > all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want 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."
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships: "I've won at every
>level,
> > except college and pro."
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > Pat Williams, Orlando Magic General Manager, on his team's 7-27 record
> > in 1992: "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."
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire
> > at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy
> > was that 15 hadn't been colored in yet."
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to
> > Sunday afternoons: "It's basically the same, just darker."
> >
> > Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his decision not to vote:
> > "I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot."
> >
> > 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.'"
> >
> > Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John
>Jenkins:
> > "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
> >
> > 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."
> >
> > 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."