What did he say?...Quotes.

[dash]

Darryl Sutter (back when he was GM of the Flames) was asked by Scott Oake of CBC about trade prospects:

"We're not trading any prospects"

 

[sbb122]

Prosecutor: Dr. Stone, would you give the court your impression of Mr. Striker?

Dr. Stone: I'm sorry, I don't do impressions... my training is in psychiatry.

 

[beantownmaniac]

To win, I’d run over Joe’s mom, too (after Redskins lineman Joe Jacoby stated he'd "...run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl").

Matt Millen

 

[beantownmaniac]

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

Jerry Rice

 

[KennyBanyeah]

How would you like a job where every time you made a mistake 18,000 people booed and a flashing red light went off?

-Jacques Plante

 

[mattola]

Dave Nonis said: "I was told a long time ago Bob Clarke would kick his grandmother down a flight of stairs if it would give him a better chance of winning."

 

[beantownmaniac]

My career was sputtering until I did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.-Tracy McGrady



Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.

...On why he brings his wife on road trips. Just this fur-wearing legend's way of saying he loves her.-Bum Phillips

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.-Former Rays General Manager Chuck LaMar

I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all of those handshakes.-Phil Rizzuto

I've never lost a game. I just ran out of time. -Michael Jordan

It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.-Hank Aaron

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He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. -Boxing Trainer Lou Duva

Because there are no fours (on why he takes so many threes). -Former NBA Forward Antoine Walker

What's the difference between a three-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks, the puppy stops whining.-Mike Ditka

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet.(former Gators coach Steve Spurrier telling fans that an Auburn dorm fire had wrecked 20 books.)

 

[KennyBanyeah]

I want your heart!! I want to eat his children!!

-Mike Tyson

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Harry Neale told this one and I can't remember who he was talking about but funny !!

"This guy has been traded so many times his kids think the moving van is the school bus" LMAO, I love that one !

 

[BOSSMANPC]

He has some of the greatest quotes ever...

On losing a key game - "I told our players that there were 700 million Chinese people in the world who didn't even know the game was played. The next week, I got five letters from China asking "What happened?"

After the Bucs broke their 26-game losing streak - "Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs."

On the prospect of a late-season trip to Green Bay - "Going there is like winning the 98th prize in a beauty contest with only 97 prizes."

At a post-game press conference in 1976 "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a bunch of bananas."
The following week after a media member has dropped off a case of bananas at his door - "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a Mercedez-Benz."

On recruiting his son John to play for USC and then the Bucs - "I had an advantage - I slept with his mother."

“We’ve broken down the expansion teams and they’ve averaged winning 2.7 games their first year, which to me is rather difficult. I figured out the 2, but the .7 has got me wondering what the hell is going on.”

"Kickers are like horse manure. They're all over the place."

"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."

"Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can't play football worth a damn."

"If you have everyone back from a team that lost 10 games, experience isn't too important."

On how coaching an expansion team is a religious experience: "You do a lot of praying, but most of the time the answer is 'no.'"

“I’ll probably take a little time off and go hide somewhere. We will be back. Maybe not this century, but we will be back and we will be a better football team.” - (Bucs win Super Bowl in next century...)

On the play of Joe Namath in the Jets' 34-0 victory over Tampa Bay, “Namath is still Namath, but I must say that our guys were nice to him. I noticed when they knocked him down, they helped him to his feet. That was gentlemanly. I thought one stood around long enough to get his autograph.”

On how badly the Bucs looked in losing to the Steelers, 42-0, “There were times I felt like leaving the stadium and hitchhiking home.”

On the weaknesses of linebacker Hugh Green: '`He's not twins.''

On opening days: "Opening games make me nervous. To tell the truth, I'd rather open with our second game.''

Good stuff Doom !

 

[juliansteed]

While playing 3 on 3 ball hockey on my lunch hour with some people from work.

Teammate #1 calls me "The Tin Man" because he accused of not having any heart.

Teammate #2 calls herself "The Cowardly Lion" because she's always afraid of getting hit with the ball or a stick to the shin.

So I look at Teammate # 1 and say.........

Actually I don't think I need to finish this, do I? It writes itself at this point.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

A Yogi Berra classic. When asked why they don't frequent the same restaurant anymore. "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded".

 

[forty_three]

A Yogi Berra classic. When asked why they don't frequent the same restaurant anymore. "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded".

There's a gold mine of quotes....

"It's like deja vu all over again"

 

[BOSSMANPC]

There's a gold mine of quotes....

"It's like deja vu all over again"

Yes, Yogi has a ton of them. I'm sure they are easy to find by using Google. He was something else.

That one you quoted is hilarious !!!

 

[juliansteed]

Not quite sports related but...

 

[USCDoom]

How would you like a job where every time you made a mistake 18,000 people booed and a flashing red light went off?

-Jacques Plante

Now that is good!

 

[BOSSMANPC]

here are 3 warning signs you could be suffering from the early stages of dementia

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Yes, Yogi has a ton of them. I'm sure they are easy to find by using Google. He was something else.

That one you quoted is hilarious !!!

Half of this game is 90% mental


edit: probably the inspiration for "60% of the time, it works, every time."

 

[thedddd]

If any of these were posted already I am sorry.

From Shanaban himself.....""Watching a shootout is like admitting you watch Survivor or search the internet for pron."

jaques Demers: "Trade Steve Yzerman? That's like asking me if I want to trade my son Jason for the kid next door."

Brodeur: "Why is a puck called a puck? Because dirty little bastard was taken."

Still love this one thanks Neil Smith and it is fitting today for the Rags also: "The playoffs separate the men from the boys, and we found out we have a lot of boys in our dressing room."

 

[naslundfan19]

Playoffs?