Here are quotes from various
sports figures that prove, well, that jocks just ain't too smart!
- 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."
- "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius
is a guy like Norman Einstein." - Football commentator and former player Joe
Theismann 1996
- "You guys line up alphabetically by height." - Bill
Peterson, a Florida State football coach
- "You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a
circle." - Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach
- 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."
- 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."
- 1982 - 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."
- 1991 - 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."
- 1996 - 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."
- 1991 - Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his
coach, John Jenkins - "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
- 1987 - 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."
- 1991 - 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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