>> >> WHY ATHLETES CAN'T HAVE REGULAR JOBS... >> >> 1. 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." >> >> 2. 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." >> >> 3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skin's 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." >> >> 4. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins: >> "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings.." >> >> 5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann: >> "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman >> Einstein." >> >> 6. Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh : >> "I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." >> >> 7. Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: >> "You guys line up alphabetically by height.." >> And, "You guys pair up in groups of three, and then line up in a circle." >> >> 8. Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson going to prison: >> "Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for >> three years, not Princeton ." >> >> 9. Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a >> color photo of himself above his locker: >> "That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes." >> >> 10. Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regimen of >> heavyweight Andrew Golota: >> "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning, regardless of what >> time it is." >> >> 11. 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." >> >> 12. 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.'" >> >> 13. 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." >> >> 14. In the words of NC State great Charles Shackelford: >> I can go to my left or right, I am amphibious.
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