OT: More Role Models

[Guest guest]

A peek at why some athletes can't have jobs outside the athletic arena.

 

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 dem 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 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. "

 

Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins:

" He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings. "

 

Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann, 1996: " Nobody in

football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman

Einstein. "

 

Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: " I'm going

to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes. "

 

Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: " You guys line up

alphabetically by height. " And, " You guys pair up in groups of three,

then line up in a circle. "

 

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. "

 

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. "

 

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. " (I wonder if his IQ ever hit room temperature in January)

 

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. "

 

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. "

 

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 damn ugly to kiss goodbye. " (Dead man walkin')