Great Sports Quotes

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a.. 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."

b.. 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."

c.. And, upon hearing Joe Jacoby of the 'Skins say "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl,"

d.. Matt Millen of the Raiders said, "To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too."

e.. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann 1996: "Nobody in
football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

f.. 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 goodbye."

g.. Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: "I'm going
to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."

h.. Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: "You guys lineup, alphabetically by height."
And "You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle."

i.. Clemson recruit Ray Forsythe, who was ineligible as a freshman because of academic
requirements: "I play football. I'm not trying to be a professor. The tests don't seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven't been through in school."

j.. 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."

k.. 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."

l.. 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."

m.. Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships: "I've won at every level, except college and pro."