Athlete Speak

This is why "Sports Scholarship" is an oxymoron . . .


"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle"
- Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach


"That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes."
- Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker


"You guys line up alphabetically by height"
- Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach


"I play football. I'm not trying to be a professor. The tests don't seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven't been through in school."
-Clemson recruit Ray Forsythe, who was ineligible as a freshman because of academic requirements


"I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class"
- George Raveling, Washington State basketball coach


"Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton."
-Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson hooking up again with promoter Don King


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


"The ballparks have gotten too crowded. That's why nobody goes to see the game anymore."
-Yogi Berra


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


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