: WHY ATHLETES CANT GET REGULAR JOBS WHY ATHLETES CANT HAVE REGULAR JOBS 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: Id run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl, Matt Millen of the Raiders said: To win, Id run over Joes Mom, too. 4. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins: He treat us like mens. He let us wear earrings. 5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann: 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 : Im 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 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: Thats 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 regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota: Hes a guy who gets up at six oclock 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 sisters expecting a baby, and I dont know if Im 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 asked him, Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy? He said, Coach, I dont know and I dont care. 13. Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a player who received four Fs and one D: Son, looks to me like youre spending too much time on one subject. 14. In the words of NC State great Charles Shackelford: I can go to my left or right, I am amphibious. 15. Former Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips when asked by Bob Costas why he takes his wife on all the road trips, Phillips responded: Because shes too ugly to kiss good-bye.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:58:47 +0000