Dumbest sports quotes...

[FONT=Arial, Geneva] Best of 2005 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva] "I've had to overcome a lot of diversity."
-- Cavaliers forward Drew Gooden on the ups and downs of his NBA career[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level."
-- Devil Rays GM Chuck Lamar on his team[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"It's a humbling thing being humble."
-- Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett on seeing his stock drop as the 2005 NFL draft was approaching. The Broncos selected Clarett in the third round but eventually released him[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"So far, the hardest part has been trying to come up with something that rhymes with Urlacher."
-- Country music star Tim McGraw, on reworking the lyrics to his hit I Like It, I Love It to coincide with the Monday Night Football halftime highlight reel[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Because there are no fours."
-- NBA long-range gunner Antoine Walker when asked why he shoots so many threes[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic."
-- Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez on the benefits of seeing a, well, therapist[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"My wiener has never been so exhausted."
-- NASCAR's Kurt Busch after outlasting three other drivers to win the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile race at Lowe's Motor Speedway[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva] "Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw."
-Ron Atkinson[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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Baseball[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva] [FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player."
-John Kruk [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Like they say, it ain't over till the fat guy swings."
-Phillies catcher Darren Daulton on stocky first baseman John Kruk. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm rich. What am I supposed to do, hide it?"
-Detroit Tiger Lou Whitaker, arriving in a stretch limo for a players' union meeting during the 1994 baseball strike. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf."
-Tug McGraw, asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I told [GM] Roland Hemond to go out and get me a big name pitcher. He said, 'Dave Wehrmeister's got 11 letters. Is that a big enough name for you ?'"
-Eddie Eichorn, White Sox owner [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Raise the urinals."
-Darrel Chaney on how management could keep the Braves on their toes [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play."
-Reggie Jackson [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
<table bgcolor="#00c718" border="1" cellpadding="12" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]<center>THE WIS-DUMB OF YOGI</center>[/FONT] <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" hspace="9" vspace="6" width="115"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><!--spositionRight/sposition--> </td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was born on May 12, 1925 in St. Louis, Mo. and grew up on Elizabeth Street in a neighborhood called "The Hill". Yogi went on to become a Fifteen-time All Star, winning the AL MVP three times, in 1951, 54 and 55. He played in 14 World Series and holds numerous World Series records including most games by a catcher (63), hits (71), and times on a winning team (10), first in at bats, first in doubles, second in RBI's, third in home runs and BOB's. Yogi also hit the first pinch hit home run in World Series history in 1947. Yogi was elected the the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]But he's really best known for saying things like this:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Surprise me."
- on where his wife should have him buried.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."[/FONT]
<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" hspace="9" vspace="6" width="240"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><!--spositionRight/sposition--><center><table bgcolor="#0f0f77" border="1" cellpadding="12" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td>[FONT=Arial, Geneva][/FONT]<center>[FONT=Arial, Geneva]MORE DUMB QUOTES BY YOGI BERRA
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</center></td></tr></tbody></table></center></td></tr></tbody></table> "Do you mean now?"
- when asked for the time.
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."
"I made a wrong mistake."
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"What's everyone blaming me for? Blame Felix. I wouldn't have hit into the double-plays if he hadn't hit singles."
-Joe Torre of the Mets after tying a major league record by hitting into four double-plays, each time after Felix Millan had singled just before Torre came to the plate (July 21, 1975). [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I am the most loyal player money can buy."
-Don Sutton, Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics and California Angels [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Ninety percent of the game is half mental."
-Jim Wohford[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed."
-Tug McGraw [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000."
-Pete Incaviglia, baseball player, 1990[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"They shouldn't throw at me. I'm the father of five or six kids."
-Baseball player Tito Fuentes, after getting hit by a pitch. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife."
-Baseball player Mike Greenwell [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"It's permanent, for now."
-Cincinnati Red Roberto Kelly, announcing his new name would be "Bobby."[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
<table bgcolor="#00c718" border="1" cellpadding="12" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]<center>JERRY COLEMAN</center>[/FONT] <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" hspace="9" vspace="6" width="210"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><!--spositionRight/sposition--> </td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]Jerry Coleman is a former New York Yankees star and longtime San Diego Padres TV announcer. He's been the voice of the San Diego Padres for almost 30 years. "Oh, Doctor" and "You can hang a star on that baby" are his most famous phrases. But not his most memorable. You see, by comparison, Jerry makes fellow Yankee Yogi Berra seem like a master of the English language! Here are some of Jerry's best calls:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva] "Hi folks, I'm Gerry Gross... Coleman!" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva] "It's a base hit on the error by Roberts." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"There's a deep fly ball... Winfield goes back, back... his head hits the wall ... it's rolling towards second base." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Thomas is racing for it, but McCovey is there and can't get his glove to it. That play shows the inexperience, not on Thomas' part, but on the part of Willie McC ... well, not on McCovey's part either." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"They throw Winfield out at second, but he's safe." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight." [/FONT]
<table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" hspace="9" vspace="6" width="240"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><!--spositionRight/sposition--><center><table bgcolor="#0f0f77" border="1" cellpadding="12" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td>[FONT=Arial, Geneva][/FONT]<center>[FONT=Arial, Geneva]MORE DUMB QUOTES BY JERRY COLEMAN
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</center></td></tr></tbody></table></center></td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican ?" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen." [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"As I remember it, the bases were loaded."
-Baseball player Garry Maddox, asked his reaction to hitting a grand slam [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Better make it six; I can't eat eight."
-Pitcher Dan Osinski, when a waitress asked if he wanted his pizza cut into six or eight slices [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Me and George and Billy are two of a kind."
-Baseball player Mickey Rivers, on his relationship with George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The game was closer than the score indicated."
-Baseball player Dizzy Dean, after a 1-0 game [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"There is one word in America that says it all, and that word is, 'You never know.'"
-Pitcher Joaquin Andujar [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"That's why I don't talk. Because I talk too much."
-Joaquin Andujar [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean."
-Pedro Guerrero, on sportswriters [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Sure. I'm proud to be an American."
-Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher Steve Foster, asked by a Canadian customs agent if he had anything to declare. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I don't know what that is."
-Former Yankee outfielder Louos Polonia[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"It's a partial sellout."
-Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray, trying not to say the game has only drawn 6,000 fans. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
<table bgcolor="#00c718" border="1" cellpadding="12" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" hspace="9" vspace="6" width="220"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><!--spositionRight/sposition--> </td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]<center>RALPH KINER</center>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Geneva]Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner led the league in home runs in each of his first seven years as a baseball player. He seemed likely to break many of Babe Ruth's records until a bad back cut short his career, after only ten seasons. He then became a broadcaster for the expansion New York Mets in 1962, and still continues there today. Here are a few of his best quotes:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"We'll be back after this word from Manufacturer's Hangover."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"All of his saves have come during relief appearances." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"You have really solidified the Mets' center field problems."
-Kiner to Daryl Boston.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva] "All of the Mets' road wins against Los Angeles this year have been at Dodger Stadium." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"In the hunt to buy the San Francisco Giants was George Shinn, owner of the Charlotte Harlots." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Jay Bell is 0-for-6 in this series with 10 homers and 52 RBIs." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"That was Benes' fifth strikeout on the day. He came in with 94, so now he has 104 strikeouts on the year." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva] "The Mets just had their first .500 or better April since July of 1992." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Andujar Cedeno to lead it off. He swings. And he is hit by a pitch. And it is hit over the wall and out of here for a home run." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva] "Some guys are inwardly outgoing." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva] "We're experiencing audio difficulties." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva] "We'll be back with the recrap after this message." [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I lost it in the sun!"
-Billy Loes, Brooklyn Dodgers Pitcher, after fumbling a grounder.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me."
-Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"All I'm asking for is what I want."
-Rickey Henderson.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Why does everybody stand up and sing 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' when they're already there?"
-Larry Anderson, MLB pitcher [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Models are like baseball players. We make a lot of money quickly, but all of a sudden we're 30 years old, we don't have a college education, we're qualified for nothing, and we're used to a very nice lifestyle. The best thing is to marry a movie star"
-Cindy Crawford to the BBC[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"That picture was taken out of context."
-New York Met pitcher Jeff Innis, griping about a bad newspaper photo. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming."
-Johnny Bench[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Tonight, we're honoring one of the all-time greats in baseball, Stan Musial. He's immoral."
-Johnny Logan, ex-major leaguer, introducing Musial at a banquet. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"A lot of good ballgames on tomorrow, but we're going to be right here with the Cubs and the Mets."
-Thom Brennaman, Chicago Cubs broadcaster. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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<table bgcolor="#00c718" border="1" cellpadding="12" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]<center>THE IMMORTAL BILL PETERSON</center>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Geneva]From 1960-1979, "Coach Pete" Bill Peterson coached football at Florida State. His teams compiled a record of 62-42-11, and a winning percentage of .587. In the process, "Coach Pete" also became one of the greatest characters in American sports: [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva] "I'm the football coach around here and don't you remember it."
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"You guys line up alphabetically by height." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I used to have this slight speech implement and couldn't remember things before I took the Sam Carnegie course." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Just remember the words of Patrick Henry - 'Kill me or let me live.'" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The greatest thing just happened to me. I just got indicted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. They had a standing observation for me." [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
-Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins, 1991 [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it."
-Football coach Ray Malavasi [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."
-Former football player/announcer Terry Bradshaw [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I don't think there's anybody in this organization not focused on the 49ers... I mean Chargers."
-Bill Belichick[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"We're not attempting to circumcise rules."
-Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh Steelers coach [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]It isn't like I came down from Mount Sinai with the tabloids."
-Former Indianapolis Colts coach Ron Meyer[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Defensively, I think it's important for us to tackle."
-Karl Mecklenburg, Denver Broncos linebacker, before Super Bowl XXIV. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating."
-Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he thought of the refs, 1986[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
-Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann: [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
-New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"He's the about the size of a lot of guys that size."
-Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton, on QB Cade McNown [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that."
-Jerry Rice.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I don't think this is an example of life and limb being at risk. I like the fact that our fans care."
-Cleveland Browns president Carmen Policy, after ten Cleveland fans were arrested for throwing bottles onto the field to protest the overturning of a game-deciding call by replay.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States."
-Football analyst Lee Corso[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"We've got to find a way to win. I'm willing to start cheating."
-New England tight end Marv Cook.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm really happy for Coach Cooper and the guy who've been around here for six or seven years, especially our seniors."
-Ohio State quarterback Bob Hoying, after winning a Big Ten title. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The shoulder surgery was a success. The lobotomy failed."
-Mike Ditka on quarterback Jim McMahon's surgery.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The NFL, like life, is full of idiots."
-Randy Cross, football color commentator.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Most of my clichés aren't original."
-Chuck Knox, when he coached the Rams. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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Basketball[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious."
-Charles Shackleford of the NCSU basketball team[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win."
-Doug Collins [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I've won at every level, except college and pro."
-Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."
-Jason Kidd[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"[My] career was sputtering until did a 360 and got headed in the right direction."
- NBA star Tracy McGrady, after signing with the Orlando Magic on Thursday. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Are you any relation to your brother Marv?"
-Basketball player Leon Wood to announcer Steve Albert [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"It's almost like we have ESPN."
-Magic Johnson, on how well he and James Worthy work together [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
-Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt."
-Chuck Nevitt , North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Tom."
-Tom Nissalke, New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966 [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'll always be Number 1 to myself."
-Moses Malone [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
-Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I don't want to shoot my mouth in my foot, but those are games we can win."
-Sherman Douglas[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Anything that doesn't progress gets stuck or left behind. Our new sponsor is a company with a great future."
-Club president Fernando Ruiz of the Spanish basketball club Gijon Baloncesto, which has accepted sponsorship from a pornographic website. The website owners say they are considering supplying their girls to act as cheerleaders at Gijon's home games.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Play some Picasso."
-Former New Jersey Net Chris Morris, to a piano player at a hotel bar while trying to impress a date. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Unstoppable, baby!"
-Warrior rookie Marc Jackson to the Mavericks' bench, after hitting a lay-up during a 29-point loss. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I've been dunked on by (Vitaly) Potapenko and now (Zan) Tabak. The good part is that they don't make posters of those guys."
- Houston Rockets forward Walt Williams [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"No comment."
-Michael Jordan, after being asked for his response to making the All-Interview Team.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I will shoot all you Asian (bleeps) ... Do you remember the Vietnam War? I'll kill y'all just like that."
-Point guard Jason Williams to a fan of Asian descent sitting behind the Kings bench during a game at Golden State. Williams was fined $15,000 by the NBA. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
<table bgcolor="#00c718" border="1" cellpadding="12" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]<center>ALLEN IVERSON GETS A BAD RAP</center>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Geneva]The uncensored version of Allen Iverson's rap single, "40 Bars":[/FONT]
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</td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]Man enough to pull a gun;
Be man enough to squeeze it.
Blink if you don't believe it.
Anything to do with millions I'm gonna be with it.
Get murdered in the 2nd and 1st degree.
Come to me with ****** tendencies, you be sleeping where the maggots be.
Won't catch me as a victim in a rap casualty....
Everybody stay fly. Get money, kill and fuck bitches! I'm hittin' anything, and planning on using my riches....
Down for zero digits. I'm a giant and you're a midget
I know n*ggaz that kill for a fee, that would kill your ass for free.
Believe me.
How you wanna die, fast or slowly?
Now I'm reaching for heat; Leave you leakin' in the street.
Nigga screamin' he was a good boy ever since he was born.
But fuck it, he gone, life must go on.
Niggaz don't live that long....
This type of murder don't need no hook;
Just 40 f*cking bars from the mouth of a crook.[/FONT][/FONT]
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Hockey[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"When we're competing for the Stanley Cup, this record won't mean a thng."
-Ottawa coach Rick Bowness, after the Senators tied an NHL record with 37 straight road losses. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my (CENSORED) clothes."
-Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'll be sad to go, and I wouldn't be sad to go. It wouldn't upset me to leave St. Louis, but it would upset me to leave St. Louis. It's hard to explain. You'll find out one of these days, but maybe you never will."
-Brett Hull during his St. Louis Blues days, on a possible trade. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Better teams win more often than the teams that are not so good."
-Tom Watt, ex-Maple Leaves coach (his team was not so good) [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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Tennis[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports."
-Martina Hingis in Detour Magazine, 3/98 issue. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"My potential speaks for itself."
-Liliah Osterloh (USA) who finished the year ranked 111 in 1998. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too."
-Venus Williams after winning the Grand Slam Cup. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"My potential speaks for itself."
-Pro tennis player Liliah Osterloh (USA) -- ranked #111. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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Boxing[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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</td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE A BEE, BUT PLEASE KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT MUHAMMAD ALI.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Geneva] "What's the difference between a Jew and a canoe? A canoe tips."
-Muhammad Ali, at the premiere party for the biographical movie "Ali," before a crowd of politicians and Hollywood figures at the Cafe Milano in Washington, D.C. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"No, no, no, don't..."
-Ali's wife, Lonnie, pleading for him not to tell the next joke. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police."
-Muhammad Ali's next joke. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Unfortunate, given the champ's long-standing commitment to causes of multiculturalism."
- The Anti-Defamation League in a statement expressing "disappointment" at the remarks Ali made (according to the Washington Post). [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva] "Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious"
-Alan Minter[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it."
-Boxing great Rocky Graziano[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is."
-Lou Duva, Veteran boxing trainer, on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota, 1996.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"He's the man of the hour at this particular moment."
-Don King[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"He (Julio Cesar Chavez) speaks English, Spanish, and he's bilingual, too."
-Don King, boxing promoter.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death."
-Floyd Patterson, former heavyweight boxing champion.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know."
-Lou Duva, boxing trainer[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'll be back."
-Heavyweight Peter McNeeley, five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
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</td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]<center>TYSON MEAT-HEAD</center>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Geneva]"[He] called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse'. I'm not a recluse."
-Mike Tyson, on writer Wallace Matthews [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I am many things. I am an animal. I am a convicted rapist, a hell-raiser, a loving father, a semi-good husband. You don't really know me."
-Mike Tyson at a news conference where he cursed, jumped on a table, stripped off his shirt, complained about medication hurting his sex life and threatened to put "a (expletive) bullet" through the head of Lennox Lewis. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I have some pain I'm gonna have for the rest of my life. So every now and then I kick your fucking ass"[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"If I take this camera and put it in your face for 20 years, I don't know what you might be. You might be a homosexual if I put that camera on you since you were 13 years old. I've been on that camera since I was 13 years old." [/FONT]
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</td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I am the most ruthless, brutal champion ever. There is no one who can match me. I want your heart. I want to eat your children."
- Mike Tyson. (I guess ears just weren't filling enough...)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I am not sweating it at all."
-Mike Tyson, on allegations that he raped a 50-year-old woman at a rented house in Big Bear City, 70 miles east of Los Angeles, where he was training. (Source: KTVK-TV in Phoenix) [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm just a dark guy from a den of iniquity. A dark shadowy figure from the bowels of iniquity" [/FONT][/FONT]
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Golf[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I'm a golfer -- not an athlete."
-Lee Westwood of Britain, the world's fifth-ranked golfer.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father"
-Greg Norman[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"His nerves. His memory. And I can't remember the third thing."
-Lee Trevino on the three things that go as a golfer ages.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf."
-Johnny Miller, TV analyst and pro golfer.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Then I was skinnier. I hit it better, I putted better, and I could see better. Other than that, everything is the same."
-PGA Senior Tour player Homero Blancas.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"My handicap is that I don't have a big enough beer cooler for the back of my golf cart."
-Pro football linebacker Rick D'Amico, on his golf handicap.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"(We) should be allowed to wear shorts. God almighty, (LPGA) women are allowed to wear 'em, and we've got better legs than they do."
-Greg Norman[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Ninety percent of putts that are short don't go in."
-Yogi Berra on golf[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
<table bgcolor="#00c718" border="1" cellpadding="12" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]<center>PRESIDENTS WITH A GOOD LIE</center>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Anybody see a flaw in my swing? Or is there a swing in my flaw?"
-President Bush, while golfing Monday in Meridian, Texas.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators."
- Gerald Ford[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Oh, I hit too far to the right. I should've hit the 3-wood."
-Bill Clinton after playing the first hole at a golf course in Carbondale, Colorado. He took a mulligan. [/FONT]
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Auto Racing[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical"
-Murray Walker[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"It's basically the same, just darker."
-Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"All I had to do is keep turning left!"
-George Robson, Winner of the 1946 Indy 500 [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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Horse Racing[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother."
-Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball"
-John Francombe[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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Boat Racing[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew."
-Harry Carpenter - BBC TV Boat Race 1977[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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People Racing[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Morcelli has four fastest 1500-metre times ever. And all those times are at 1500 metres."
-David Coleman[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago..."
-David Coleman[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Her time is about 4.33, which she's capable of."
-David Coleman[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class."
-David Coleman at The Montreal Olympics[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"It tastes like any other sport drink."
-Japanese marathon champion Naoko Takahashi, on the beverage she used to fuel her run into marathon history Sunday -- juice from giant killer hornets. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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Weight Lifting[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria....I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing."
-Pat Glenn - Weightlifting commentator[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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Rugby[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

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</td></tr></tbody></table> [FONT=Arial, Geneva]The best quotes from Sky TV's rugby man, the ubiquitous Murray Mexted:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Geneva]"You don't like to see hookers going down on players like that." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"He's looking for some meaningful penetration into the backline." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Spencer's running across field calling out, 'come inside me, come inside me.'" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I can tell you it's a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I don't like this new law, because your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Darryl Gibson has been quite magnificent coming inside Andrew Mehrtens, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of the same today." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"There's nothing that a tight forward likes more than a loosie right up his backside" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva]"Everybody knows that I have been pumping Martin Leslie for a couple of seasons now." [/FONT]
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Winter Sports[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"That's what I call the ultimate laxative."
-Canadian Prime Minister of Sports Otto Jelinek, after riding the luge down the Winter Olympics course.[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva][FONT=Arial, Geneva]"I really lack the words to compliment myself today."
-Skier Alberto Tomba [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

Taken from SportsHollywood.com...

we talkin bout practice man, not a game, not a game but practice. not a game, but practice man.

the best one isn't on there.

"I'm fading into Bolivian"

--Mike Tyson

great read

OJ when he was on MNF...

"Dan Fouts ain't the most mobilist quarterback in the world."