Professional Athletes and Coaches are paid to be performers and to win games. Sometimes however, they are also very entertaining when it comes to the things that they say. At times they may be controversial, at times they may be funny, and other times they may be just simply quite strange. Can you identify each of these famous quotes with the athlete who said it? Let's find out!
"I love me some me"
"I am not a role model"
"I'm here so I won't get fined"
"Who's coming in 2nd?"
"Come after me. I'm a man. I'm 40!"
"Practice? We talking about practice?"
"Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row"
"Can't play with him, can't win with him, can't coach with him….can't do it!"
"To be the man, you got to beat the man"
What did Boston Celtic Antoine Walker say to the media when asked "Why did you keep shooting 3-pointers?"
"How would you like a job where every time you make a mistake a red light goes on and 18 000 people boo?"
"I'd be willing to bet you that I have never bet on baseball"
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed"
"I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career"
"All we hear about is their defence. They can't stop a nose bleed"
"I guarantee we'll win tonight"
"I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start eating"
"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up"
"We're going to win the game. I guarantee it"
"I've got a family to feed"
"It ain't over till it's over" and "It's like déjà vu all over again"
"One's a born liar, the other's convicted!"
"You play to win the game!"
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing"
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like NORMAN Einstein"
"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking"
"I dunno. I never smoked any AstroTurf"
"The Bears are who we thought they are. You want to crown their asses?"
"Playoffs? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game"
