Football What is the best quote you have heard from a athlete

"A football player shouldn't be called a genius. A genius is someone like Norman Einstein"
-Joe Theisman



*good thread idea, this could be fun
 
lou holtz had 2 good ones

On this team, we are all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
-- Lou Holtz

They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.
-- Lou Holtz

great thread idea!!
 
heres some more good ones

"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
Metro Radio, College Football

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.”
-Johnny Bench
 
heres some more
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 ugly to kiss goodbye."

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 Jacoby 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."

Have you ever been watching a game telecast or listening to a post-game interview and said to yourself “did he really just say that?” Athletes, coaches and front office personnel are always caught off guard for interviews, but sometimes I wonder if these guys just don’t know what they’re talking about.

Check out some of these funny sports quotes.

“Ninety percent of the game is half mental.”
-Jim Wohford

“Mike Caldwell, the Padres’ right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.”
-Jerry Coleman

“All I’m asking for is what I want.”
-Rickey Henderson

“I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.”
-New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers

“Hawaii doesn’t win many games in the United States.”
-Football analyst Lee Corso

“Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.”
-Doug Collins

“I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father”
-Greg Norman

“Ninety percent of putts that are short don’t go in.”
-Yogi Berra on golf

"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." Wilt Chamberlain.
 
On October 31, 2004, after Minnesota Timberwolves
offered Sprewell a $21 million, 3 year contract
extension, he declared, "I've got my family to
feed."
 
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