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joker17 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:45:22 GMT

<br />And they get the BIG bucks?....

Original Blog Entry: Why Athlets Can't Have Regular Jobs

emilyg — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:27:06 GMT

WHY ATHLETES AND Coaches CAN'T HAVE REGULAR JOBS:

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 treat us like mens. He let 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 regimen

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 asked 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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