Subject: WHY ATHLETES DON'T HAVE REAL JOBS



> 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 dem 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,"
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> Matt Millen of the Raiders said:
> "To win, I'd run over Joe's mom, too."
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> Torrin Polk, Universityof Houstonreceiver, 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 Universityof Pittsburgh:
> "I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
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> Bill Peterson, a FloridaStatefootball 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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> 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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> 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 CarolinaStatebasketball 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." (I wonder if his IQ ever hit room temperature in January?)
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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 said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'"
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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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> AmarilloHigh Schooland Houston 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 ugly to kiss good-bye." (Dead man walkin'!)

Then there's my personal favorite:

After Mike Tyson lost to Lennox Lewis he was asked about his future plans, he said he would probably just "fade into Bolivian".

not one Yogi-ism

90% of the game is mental, the other half is physical.

Better?

This one ranks among the all-time greatest sports quotes.

Yogi - If you're not a good enough friend to go to someones funeral, they probably won't go to yours.

Yogi - This is like deja vu all over again.

Yogi-I never said half the things I really said."

Yogi - "Hey, Boo Boo"

Mr. Peep - you are not your average bear

let's go get some of them pic-a-nic baskets.

Peepers it so good to see you back here.