Favorite Sports Related Quotes

[festeringZit]

I'm interested in people's favorite sports related quotes - not really
quotes from movies about sports...


One of my favorites recounted in the book "Emperors and Idiots."

In 2004, Yankees and playing the Red Sox. Yankees are up 3-0 in
the third inning when Brunson Arroyo plunks Alex Rodriguez on the
elbow with a sinker.

"Rodriguez wasn't hurt. The crowd got a little charge out of watching him
writhe when the ball hit him, but they were as dead as the Red Sox'
pennant hopes. This wasn't Pedro Martinez throwing a ball at someone's
head after all.

Only Alex Rodrguez didn't see it that way. Maybe it was the pressures
of his first season in New York finally reaching the surface. Maybe it was
the relentless slander that an early-season slump still affected A-Rod's
mood, and he had a hard time getting used to seeing a number like
.278 next to his name on the scoreboard, after a lifetime north of .300.
Maybe it was a little of all of that that came together when the baseball
ticked his elbow.

Then Rodriguez took a step toward the pitcher as if to say, I know what you did.

Jason Varitek, standing in full catcher's regalia behind Rodriguez, yells out:

"Hey, We don't throw at .260 hitters, shut up and take your base."



Rodriguez yells back: "Go Fuck yourself."

Needless to say, this started a fight between the two.

Jason Varitek/Alex Rodriguez Brawl

 

[festeringZit]

Bump... No favorite sports related quotes?

 

[RobFunk]

My all time fav :

Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of heavyweight
Andrew Golota: "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless
of what time it is."

 

[RobFunk]

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."

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."

Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann 1996: "Nobody in football
should be called a genius.. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

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 damn ugly to kiss
goodbye."

Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: "I'm going to graduate
on time, no matter how long it takes."

Clemson recruit Ray Forsythe, who was ineligible as a freshman because of
academic requirements: "I play football. I'm not trying to be a professor. The
tests don't seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven't
been through in school."

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."

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."

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."

Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of heavyweight
Andrew Golota: "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless
of what time it is."

Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team's 7-27 record: "We
can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't
figure out where else to play." (1992)

Tommy Lasorda, Dodger manager, when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching
sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming contract
negotiations: "He wants Texas back." (1981)

Darrell Royal, Texas football coach, asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn
injuries that season resulted from poor physical conditioning: "One player was
lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition
for football?" (1966)

Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at
Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15
hadn't been colored yet." (1991)

Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he thought of
the refs: "I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating." (1986)

Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday
afternoons: "It's basically the same, just darker." (1991)

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." (1996)

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.'" (1991)

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." (1987)

 

[festeringZit]

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."


:lol:

 

[bigtendominator]

Coach why did you go for 2?

Because we couldn't go for 3.

Woody Hayes regarding OSU's 2 pt attempt up 50-14.

 

[Boxer22]

"I don't think I've ever stepped into a gym - they won't let me smoke there. I just thank God Miller Lite isn't as fattening as most beers. If I cut back on beer, though, I'd look anorexic." John Daly

 

[RupertPupkin]

"We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do" - Charles Barkley

 

[JudgeWapner]

Tommy Lasorda when asked how to stop Roberto Clemente.

"Tighten the immigration laws."

 

[TomGshotput]

"Only fruits wear earrings," Marge Schott

 

[RobFunk]

"Only fruits wear earrings," Marge Schott

Marge Schott was crazy, that is for sure

"Hitler was good in the beginning, but he went too far."

1992: Cal Levy claims he heard Schott call outfielders Eric Davis and Dave Parker "million-dollar ni****rs."

 

[DesertNole]

When Ben Wallace was asked by a reporter if he could explain shooting 45% from the free throw line, he responded with "well it is because I am missing a lot of free throws." hno:

 

[ElTaino]

You should always go to other peoples funerals, otherwise, they wont come to yours
-yogi berra (he has a ton of these)

we didnt underestimate them. they were just a lot better than we thought.

ray wilkens day will come one night.

we dont want our players to be monks, we want them to be better football players because a monk doesnt play football at this level

-bobby robson (soccer coach)

 

[steaktartar]

yogi berra has many of course.....but i always like when he told his pitchers to "pair up in threes"

 

[kingbill]

Justin Eliers after his fight with Andrea Arlovski
Eilers lasted 4:10 in that fight, in which he broke both hands, one blocking an Arlovski punch and another from hitting Arlovski with a solid punch, sprained one ankle, had both his eyes blackened and suffered a broken jaw. The fight finally ended when he went to throw a right and his right knee went out, tearing his ACL, and he collapsed on the ground.

Manager Monte Cox noted being with him the next day as Eilers limped through the airport with both hands bandaged, with crutches for his bad ankle, with his other leg all taped up, and with the noticeable black eyes. Everyone was staring at him.

“He said loud enough for everyone to hear, ‘You should have seen the other guy,’ and then paused. ‘Not a scratch on him.’ ”