Pertinent Quotes, Sayings and One Liners

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“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world” ... anonymous


“Parents have quit raising their children. We need to do a better job of staying with our children and raising them. . . . The biggest difference with players today - aside from their earrings and the way they wear their underwear - is they’re bigger.” ... Bobby Bowden, Florida State football coach, at the College Football Hall of Fame enshrinement dinner, July 21, 2007.


“Not only is there more to life than basketball, there’s more to basketball than just basketball.” ... Phil Jackson, NBA former player and coach


“Not everything that counts can be measured and not every thing that can be measured counts.”... Albert Einstein


“It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.” ... Earl Weaver, former manager of theBaltimore Orioles


“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


“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:


“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:


“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


“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


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


“He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.” ... Lou Duva, Veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of heavyweight Andrew Golota


“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 was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot.” ... Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his decision not to vote, 1996


“We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play.” ... Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team's 7-27 record, 1992


“But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.” ... Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books, 1991


“It's basically the same, just darker.” ... Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991


“He said: 'Gosh, Dad, that mean's we're not going to any more bowl games.” ... Jim Colletto, Purdue football coach and former assistant at Arizona State and Ohio State, on his 11-year-old son's reaction after he took the job with the Boilermakers, 1991


“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.” ... Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player, 1991


“He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings.” ... Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins, 1991


“Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.” ... Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a player who received four F's and one D, 1987


“They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets.” ... LaVell Edwards, BYU football coach and one of 14 children, 1986


“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


“My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.” ... Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982


“I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time.” ... Mike McCormack, coach of the hapless Baltimore Colts after the team's co-captain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin toss against St. Louis, 1881


“He wants Texas back.” ... Tommy Lasorda , Dodger manager, when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming contract negotiations, 1981


“One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?” ... Darrell Royal, Texas football coach, asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries that season resulted from poor physical conditioning, 1966