GREAT SPORTS QUOTES
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Here are some comments made by sports commentators that I'm sure they would like to
take back:
Weightlifting commentator at the Olympic Snatch and Jerk Event:
"This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm
up and it was amazing."
Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator:
"This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once
mounted her mother."
Grand Prix Race Announcer:
"The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is
exactly identical to the one in front of the similar one in back."
Greg Norman, Pro Golfer:
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
Ringside Boxing Analyst:
"Sure there have been injuries and even some deaths in boxing - but none of them
really that serious."
Baseball announcer:
"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing
again."
Basketball analyst:
"He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all
over their faces."
At a trophy ceremony BBC TV Boat Race 1988:
"Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is hugging the cox of
the Oxford crew."
Metro Radio, College Football:
"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the
field."
US Open TV Commentator:
"One of the reasons Arnie Palmer is playing so well is that, before each final
round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them. Oh my God, what have I just said
?"
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Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece:
"I can't really remember the names of all the Clubs that we went to."
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."
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."
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman
Einstein."
* Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann 1996
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
* Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh
"You guys line up alphabetically by height."
* Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach
"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle."
* Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach
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
four years, not Princeton."
Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships: "I've won at every level,
except college and pro."
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."
1992- Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team's 7-27 record: "We
can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure
out where else to play."
1982 - 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."
1981 - Tommy Lasorda , Dodger manager, when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching
sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming contract negotiations:
"He wants Texas back."
1991 -Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's
football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't
been colored yet."
1986 - Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he thought of the
refs: "I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating."
1991 - 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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