FoxSports Blog: Stupid Quotes by Sports Players and Coaches

[WoodysGirl]

More Stupid Quotes...Part II
Oct 26, 2007 | 4:55AM | report this OK, since I took the liberty in ragging on John Madden for his stupid comments, I decided it would be nice to post stupid qoutes by all sports players or coaches, just to show that Madden isnt the only one out there to say silly things.

Torrin Polk, on his coach, John Jenkins: Stupid Football Quotes
He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings.

Ray Prefontaine about son, Steve: Stupid Football Quotes
He was too small for football and he got tired of sitting on the bench all the time.

Tim Green: Stupid Football Quotes
Let's face it, you have to have a slightly recessive gene that has a little something to do with the brain to go out on the football field and beat your head against other human beings on a daily basis.

Pressbox maxim: Stupid Football Quotes
Playing football in the morning is like eating cabbage for breakfast.

Author Unknown: Stupid Football Quotes
Concerning football playing, I protest to you it may rather be called a friendly kind of fighting, rather than recreation.

Thierry Henry: Stupid Football Quotes
Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

Chuck Knox: Stupid Football Quotes
Football players win football games.

RB George Rogers, about the upcoming season: Stupid Football Quotes
I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.

Darrell Royal, Texas football coach, on Longhorn injuries resulting from poor physical conditioning: Stupid Football Quotes
One player was lost because he broke his nose.

“Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean.”
-Pedro Guerrero, on sportswriters

“Sure. I’m proud to be an American.”
-[COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif]Cincinnati Reds[/FONT][/color] rookie pitcher Steve Foster, asked by a Canadian customs agent if he had anything to declare.

“The [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif]Yankees[/FONT][/color] are only interested in one thing, and I don’t know what that is.”
-Former Yankee outfielder Louos Polonia

“It’s a partial sellout.”
-Atlanta Braves broadcaster Skip Caray, trying not to say the game has only drawn 6,000 fans.

“Why does everybody stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?”
-Larry Anderson, MLB pitcher

“Models are like [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif]baseball[/FONT][/color] players. We make a lot of money quickly, but all of a sudden we’re 30 years old, we don’t have a college education, we’re qualified for nothing, and we’re used to a very nice lifestyle. The best thing is to marry a movie star”
-Cindy Crawford to the BBC

“I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.”
-Johnny Bench

I don’t care what the tape says. I didn’t say it.”
-[COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif]Football coach[/FONT][/color] Ray Malavasi

Most of my clichés aren’t original.”
-Chuck Knox, when he coached the Rams.

“Left hand, right hand, it doesn’t matter. I’m amphibious.”
-Charles Shackleford of the NCSU basketball team

“Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.”
-Doug Collins

“I’ve won at every level, except college and pro.”
-Shaquille O’Neal, on his lack of championships.

Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece: "I can't really remember the names of all the clubs that we went to."

Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: "I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me."

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
- Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann 1996

"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
- Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh

"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 four years, not Princeton."

Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships: "I've won at every level, except college and pro."

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."

“Are you any relation to your brother Marv?”
-[COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif]Basketball player[/FONT][/color] Leon Wood to announcer Steve Albert

“I don’t want to shoot my mouth in my foot, but those are games we can win.”
-Sherman Douglas

Better teams win more often than the teams that are not so good.”
-Tom Watt, ex-Maple Leaves coach (his team was not so good)


“I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn’t spell it.”
-Boxing great Rocky Graziano

“He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.”
-Lou Duva, Veteran [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif]boxing[/FONT][/color] trainer, on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota, 1996.

“He’s the man of the hour at this particular moment.”
-Don King

“You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.”
-Lou Duva, boxing trainer

“I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father”
-Greg Norman

“His nerves. His memory. And I can’t remember the third thing.”
-Lee Trevino on the three things that go as a golfer ages.

“I don’t think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in [COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif]golf[/FONT][/color].”
-Johnny Miller, TV analyst and pro golfer.

“Then I was skinnier. I hit it better, I putted better, and I could see better. Other than that, everything is the same.”
-PGA Senior Tour player Homero Blancas.

“My handicap is that I don’t have a big enough beer cooler for the back of my golf cart.”
-[COLOR=blue! important][FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif]Pro football[/FONT][/color] linebacker Rick D’Amico, on his golf handicap.

“(We) should be allowed to wear shorts. God almighty, (LPGA) women are allowed to wear ‘em, and we’ve got better legs than they do.”
-Greg Norman

There are still plenty more to come in the future......
BJ
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[JPM]

Not too bad. You can add Tim McCarver to that list. Just listen to him whenever he is on, he is gonna say something stupid..
http://www.shutuptimmccarver.com/

 

[TRUTH87]

O'Neal. :laugh1:

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Soon to be some Emmitt and Kornheiser additions to this list.

These two might be the funniest though :

Most of my clichés aren’t original.”
-Chuck Knox, when he coached the Rams.

“Left hand, right hand, it doesn’t matter. I’m amphibious.”
-Charles Shackleford of the NCSU basketball team

 

[Hostile]

Soon to be some Emmitt and Kornheiser additions to this list.

These two might be the funniest though :

The Chuck Knox cliche' one had me LOL.

 

[Freyguy]

Dont forget the infamous one from this week.

 

[AtlCB]

“Why does everybody stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?”
-Larry Anderson, MLB pitcher

 

[YosemiteSam]

Here is a few more.

"I've had to overcome a lot of diversity." -- Cavaliers forward Drew Gooden on the ups and downs of his NBA career

"Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic." -- Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez on the benefits of seeing a therapist.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf." -Tug McGraw, asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf

"Raise the urinals." -Darrel Chaney on how management could keep the Braves on their toes

"What's everyone blaming me for? Blame Felix. I wouldn't have hit into the double-plays if he hadn't hit singles." --Joe Torre of the Mets after tying a major league record by hitting into four double-plays, each time after Felix Millan had singled just before Torre came to the plate (July 21, 1975).

"Ninety percent of the game is half mental." -Jim Wohford

"That picture was taken out of context." -New York Met pitcher Jeff Innis, griping about a bad newspaper photo.

"I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid." -Former football player/announcer Terry Bradshaw

"We're not attempting to circumcise rules." -Bill Cowher, Pittsburgh Steelers coach

"I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating." -Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he thought of the refs, 1986

"He's the about the size of a lot of guys that size." -Offensive coordinator Gary Crowton, on QB Cade McNown

"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that." -Jerry Rice.

"I will shoot all you Asian (bleeps) ... Do you remember the Vietnam War? I'll kill y'all just like that." -Point guard Jason Williams to a fan of Asian descent sitting behind the Kings bench during a game at Golden State. Williams was fined $15,000 by the NBA.

"It's almost like we have ESPN." -Magic Johnson, on how well he and James Worthy work together

"He (Julio Cesar Chavez) speaks English, Spanish, and he's bilingual, too." -Don King, boxing promoter.

"This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother." -Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Yogi Berra had some funny ones.

"This is like deja vu all over again."

"You can observe a lot just by watching."

"He must have made that before he died." -- Referring to a Steve McQueen movie.

"I want to thank you for making this day necessary." -- On Yogi Berra Appreciation Day in St. Louis in 1947.

"I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it." -- When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars.

"Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?"

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."

"I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."

"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."

"If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."

"It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much."

"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."

"A nickel isn't worth a dime today."

"Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."

"It gets late early out there." -- Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium.

"Glen Cove." -- Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show.

Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?" Yogi replied, "Surprise me."

"Do you mean now?" -- When asked for the time.

"I take a two hour nap, from one o'clock to four."

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."

"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left."

"90% of the putts that are short don't go in."

"I made a wrong mistake."

"Texas has a lot of electrical votes." -- During an election campaign, after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election.

"Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself." -- After being told he looked cool.

"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."

"Yeah, but we're making great time!" -- In reply to "Hey Yogi, I think we're lost."

"If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them."

"Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."

"It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't."

"How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name." -- Upon receiving a check from Jack Buck made out to "bearer."

"I'd say he's done more than that." -- When asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season.

"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."

"He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light." -- On the acquisition of fleet Ricky Henderson.

"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"

"It ain't the heat; it's the humility."

"The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."

"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours."

"I didn't really say everything I said."

 

[Doomsday101]

I liked when Crish Dishman of the Oilers said: We did not lose we just ran out of time. :laugh1:

 

[YosemiteSam]

I liked when Crish Dishman of the Oilers said: We did not lose we just ran out of time. :laugh1:

I like when Doomsday101 called Chris Dishman Crish Dishman!

 

[Doomsday101]

I like when Doomsday101 called Chris Dishman Crish Dishman!

I'll just call you spell checker from now on. :laugh1:

 

[Sarge]

A leopard can't change his stripes.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I'll just call you spell checker from now on. :laugh1:

It had nothing to do with spell checking and everything to do with irony. :

 

[Khartun]

Norman Einstein is still the best.

Although,

Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece:
"I can't really remember the names of all the clubs that we went to."

is pretty dang funny.

 

[Doomsday101]

The Master of the dumb quotes: Yogi Berra

If you don't know where you're going, chances are you will end up somewhere else.

(When bumped by a man carrying a grandfather clock) Why can't you wear a watch like everybody else? (thanks to MKNZ)

I really didn't say everything I said.

If you ask me a question I don't know, I'm not going to answer.

It ain't the heat; it's the humility.

It's deja-vu all over again.

You should always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise they won't come to yours.

The only reason I need these gloves is 'cause of my hands.

You can't think and hit at the same time.

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

If I didn't wake up, I'd still be sleeping.

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.

If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

90% of the game is half mental.

It's never happened in the World Series history - and it hasn't happened since.

I'm as red as a sheet.

It's not too far, it just seems like it is.

If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.

Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting.

We were overwhelming underdogs.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

You mean now? (When asked for the time.)

We have a good time together, even when we're not together.

Little League baseball is a good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets and the kids out of the house.

The future ain't what it used to be.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Pair up in threes.

Don't get me right, I'm just asking.

I wish I had an answer to that, because I'm tired of answering that question.

You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left.

90% of short putts don't go in.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself. (After being told he looked cool.)

We're lost, but we're making great time!

If people don't want to come to the ball park, how are you going to stop them?

How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name. (Upon receiving a check from Jack Buck made out to "Bearer".)

I'd say he's done more than that. (When asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season.)

He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light. (On the acquisition of Rickey Henderson.)

I knew exactly where it was, I just couldn't find it.

If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

You better cut the pizza in four pieces. I'm not hungry enough to eat eight.

I don't know, I'm not in shape yet. (When asked what size cap he wanted.)

I want to thank you for making this day necessary. (On Yogi Berra Appreciation Day in 1947.)

I don't remember leaving, so I guess we didn't go.

I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it. (When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars.)

I usually take a two hour nap, from one to four.

Steve McQueen looks good in this movie. He must have made it before he died.

It gets late early out there. (Referring to the sun conditions in left field at the stadium.)

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone - there were too many people talking.

I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.

Texas has a lot of electrical votes. (During an election campaign - after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election.)

You can observe a lot just by watching.

No, you didn't wake me up. I had to get up to answer the phone anyway.

I really liked it. Even the music was good. (When asked if he liked the opera one evening.)

Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.

Shut up and talk.

Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?" To this, Yogi replied, "Surprise me."

Carmen said "I took Tim to see Doctor Zhivago today." Yogi replied, "What the hell's wrong with him now?"

 

[jackrussell]

Stupidest quote....that was never said.

The myth: Before the 1988 Super Bowl, a reporter asked Doug Williams, "How long have you been a black quarterback?"

The reality: Williams, playing for the Commanders, was the first black starting quarterback in the Super Bowl. At one point, a reporter asked, "Doug, you've been a black quarterback all your life. When did race begin to matter to people?"

According to accounts cited by Snopes.com, including a story by The Washington Post's Michael Wilbon, Williams apparently misunderstood the question and responded by repeating what he thought he had been asked.

Eventually, in the way stories sometimes do, the exchange was modified and reports began to appear that someone had asked Williams: "How long have you been a black quarterback?"

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[THUMPER]

Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece:
"I can't really remember the names of all the clubs that we went to."

The "Big Aristotle" indeed.

 

[AdamJT13]

Ray Prefontaine about son, Steve: Stupid Football Quotes
He was too small for football and he got tired of sitting on the bench all the time.

Does anyone want to explain what's so stupid about this quote?

I could see it if he said something like "standing on the bench," but I don't see anything wrong with that quote.