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."
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."
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."
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 darned ugly
to kiss good-bye".