Why athletes can't have regular jobs

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> 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."
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> 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."
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> 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.."
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> 4. 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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> 5. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann: "Nobody in
> football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman
> Einstein."
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> 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)
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> 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."
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> 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 "
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> 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."
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> 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."
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> 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)
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> 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.'"
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> 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."
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> 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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> 15. Amarillo High School and 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 damn ugly to kiss good-bye."
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