n2skdvn 0 #1 September 12, 2002 Subject: Why Athletes can't get real jobs > Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: "I wan' all > them 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."if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fasterfaller 0 #2 September 12, 2002 And they make how much a year ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #3 September 12, 2002 you can't buy brains... and there is a reason that none of these guys have ever one a nobel or a pulitzer. Just a thought I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #4 September 12, 2002 QuoteShelby 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." Yup, that's on par with our basketball team. As everyone reading this goes, "the Aggies have a basketball team?" Exactly.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites