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."
Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius
is a guy like Norman Einstein."
"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 three years, not Princeton."
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."
Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships:
"I've won at every level, except college and pro."
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."
1991 -Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, on a fire at Auburn's football
dorm which had destroyed 20 books:
"But the real tragedy was that 15 of them hadn't been colored yet."
1996 -Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his decision not to vote:
"I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot."
1991 -Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins:
"He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
1987 -Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he tolda player who received four F's
and one D:
"Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject."
1991 -Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player:
"I asked him, 'Son, what is it with you-is it ignorance or apathy?'
He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'"