{"id":7957,"date":"2011-09-27T18:15:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T22:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=7957"},"modified":"2011-09-27T18:15:33","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T22:15:33","slug":"hum%e2%98%bar-athletes-say-the-darnedest-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/09\/hum%e2%98%bar-athletes-say-the-darnedest-things.html","title":{"rendered":"HUM\u263aR – Athletes Say the Darnedest Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Athletes Can’t Have Regular Jobs<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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\"\"1. Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model<\/span><\/em>:
\n<\/em>“I wan’\u00a0all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan’\u00a0All the kids to copulate me.<\/em>“<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
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\n\"\"2.\u00a0New Orleans\u00a0Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season<\/span><\/em>:
\n<\/em>“I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.<\/em>“<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
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\n3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the ‘Skin’s say<\/span><\/em>:
\n<\/em>“I’d run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl,<\/em>“<\/em>
\nMatt Millen of the Raiders said<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em>“To win, I’d run over Joe’s Mom, too.<\/em>“<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"4.\u00a0Torrin\u00a0Polk,\u00a0University of Houston\u00a0receiver, on his coach, John\u00a0Jenkins:
\n<\/em>“He treat us like mens. \u00a0He let us wear earrings.<\/em>“<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann:
\n“Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy\u00a0Like\u00a0Norman\u00a0Einstein.<\/em>“<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"6.\u00a0Senior basketball player at the\u00a0University of Pittsburgh:
\n“I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.<\/em>”
\n<\/em>(Now that is beautiful<\/em>)<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

7. Bill Peterson, a\u00a0Florida State\u00a0football coach:
\n“You guys line up alphabetically by height..<\/em>”\u00a0And,\u00a0<\/em>“You guys pair up in\u00a0Groups of three, and then line up in a circle.<\/em>“<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"8.\u00a0Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson going to prison:
\n“Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter<\/em>?\u00a0He went to\u00a0Prison for three years, ….not Princeton.<\/em>“<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

9. Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a\u00a0Color photo of himself above his locker:
\n“That’s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my\u00a0clothes.<\/em>”\u00a0<\/em>?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regimen of\u00a0Heavyweight Andrew Golota:<\/em>
\n“He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning, regardless of\u00a0What time it is.<\/em>“<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

11. Chuck Nevitt ,\u00a0North Carolina State\u00a0basketball player, explaining to\u00a0Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice:
\n“My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an\u00a0Uncle or an aunt.
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>(I wonder if his IQ ever hit room temperature in\u00a0January)\u00a0<\/em>?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"12.\u00a0Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player:
\n“I asked him, ‘Son, what is it with you<\/em>?\u00a0Is it ignorance or apathy<\/em>?’
\nHe said,\u00a0<\/em>“Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.<\/em>“<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

13. Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at\u00a0Texas\u00a0A&M, recounting what\u00a0he told a player who received four F’s and one D:
\n“Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one\u00a0Subject.<\/em>“<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"14.\u00a0In the words of NC State great Charles\u00a0Shackelford:
\n“I can go to my left or right, I am amphibious.<\/em>“<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

15.\u00a0Former\u00a0Houston\u00a0Oilers coach Bum Phillips when asked by Bob\u00a0Costas why he takes his wife on all the road trips,<\/strong><\/span>
\n Phillips\u00a0Responded:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>“Because\u00a0she’s too damn ugly to kiss good<\/em>-bye.<\/em>“<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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