“We’re going to turn this team around 360 degrees.”
-Jason Kidd
“Are you any relation to your brother Marv?”
-Basketball player Leon Wood to announcer Steve Albert
“It’s almost like we have ESPN.”
-Magic Johnson, on how well he and James Worthy work together
“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.
“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.
“Tom.”
-Tom Nissalke, New coach of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, when
asked how he pronounced his name, 1966.
“I’ll always be Number 1 to myself.”
-Moses Malone
“I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.”
-Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh
I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want
all the kids to copulate me.
—Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model
“I lost it in the sun!”
-Billy Loes, Brooklyn Dodgers Pitcher, after fumbling a grounder.
Humanity First! Though I give you the right to disagree …