They Said It

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:15 am

Jon Spoelstra, former New Jersey Nets president,on his team's scrapes with the law in the mid-1990s: "One year we had six guys in jail.Not together, because that would have meant teamwork."

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:03 am

There have been only two geniuses in the world: Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.

Tallulah Bankhead

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:01 pm

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

Duffy Daugherty

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:35 am

On this team, we are all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

Lou Holtz

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:09 am

Arthur Blank owner of the Atlanta Falcons, on the benefits of winning the Super Bowl.--It would get my mother off my back.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:28 am

If hockey fights were fake, you would see me in more of them.

Rod Gilbert

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:19 am

The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract.

Spider Lockhart

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:40 pm

Joey Porter,Steelers linebacker, apologizing for directing a homosexual slur at Cleveland's Kellen Winslow after a game: "I didn't mean to offend nobady but Kellen Winslow."

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:53 am

Always remember Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

Shug Jordan

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:57 pm

Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners outfielder,on facing Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (in Japanese): I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul. I plan to face him with the zeal of a challenger."

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:52 am

You can observe a lot just by watching.
-- Yogi Berra

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:46 am

Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners outfielder, on Seattle's trip to face the Indians: "I'm not excited to go to Cleveland,but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face because I'm lying.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:54 am

They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

Lou Holtz

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:55 am

We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. I just can't figure out where else to play!

Pat Williams

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:45 am

Phillip Wellman, manager of the Double-A Mississippi Braves, on his much-replayed meltdown in which he uprooted bases,crawled on the ground and lobbed a rosin bag as if it were a hand grenade: "Once again, my mother is very pround and my wife and kids are creeping around in disguise."

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:51 pm

The sun doesn't shine on the same dog's butt every day but we sure didn't expect a total eclipse.
-- Steve Sloan

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:52 pm

I'd run over my mother to win the Super Bowl.

Russ Grimm

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:13 am

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.

Bill Veeck

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:04 pm

Pitchers, like poets, are born not made.
--
Cy Young

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:04 am

There have been only two geniuses in the world: Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.

Tallulah Bankhead