Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: "I wan' all
them kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan' all the kids to
copulate me."
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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."
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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."
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Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John
Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
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Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann, 1996: "Nobody in 
football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman
Einstein."
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Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: "I'm going to 
graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
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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."
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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."
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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 spellmy name, I can still find my clothes."
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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."
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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."
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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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Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&amp;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."
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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 dadgum 
ugly to kiss good-bye."