WHY ATHLETES
>> CAN'T HAVE REGULAR JOBS.....AND SHOULD NOT RUN FOR
>> PUBLIC OFFICE 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." (Now that is beautiful)
>>
>> 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 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."
>>
>> 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." (I wonder if his IQ ever hit room
>> temperature in January)
>>
>> 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.'"
>>
>> 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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>> CAN'T HAVE REGULAR JOBS.....AND SHOULD NOT RUN FOR
>> PUBLIC OFFICE 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." (Now that is beautiful)
>>
>> 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 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."
>>
>> 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." (I wonder if his IQ ever hit room
>> temperature in January)
>>
>> 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.'"
>>
>> 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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