1. 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."
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2. 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."
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3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi 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."
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4. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John
Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
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5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann: "Nobody in
football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman
Einstein."
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6. Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh : "I'm going
to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
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=A07.=A0 Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: "Yo u guys line
up
alphabetically by height." And, "You guys pair up in groups of three,
and then line up in a circle."
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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 "
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9. Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left
=A0=A0wing, explaining why he keeps a
color photo of himself above is locker: "That's so when I forget how to
spell my name, I can still find my clothes" =A0
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
=A0=A0morning,regardless of what time it is."
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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." =A0 (I wonder if his IQ ever hit room temperature in January) =A0
12. 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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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." =A0
14. Amarillo High School and 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 good-bye.
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