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