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'd be willing to bet you that I have never bet on baseball"
"I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start eating"
"Playoffs? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game"
"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up"
"Can't play with him, can't win with him, can't coach with him….can't do it!"
"I guarantee we'll win tonight"
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed"
"Who's coming in 2nd?"
"We're going to win the game. I guarantee it"
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing"
"Come after me. I'm a man. I'm 40!"
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"
"How would you like a job where every time you make a mistake a red light goes on and 18 000 people boo?"
"The Bears are who we thought they are. You want to crown their asses?"
"To be the man, you got to beat the man"
"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'm here so I won't get fined"
"One's a born liar, the other's convicted!"
"Practice? We talking about practice?"
"I love me some me"
"Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row"
"I've got a family to feed"
"I want to eat his children"
"I dunno. I never smoked any AstroTurf"
"You play to win the game!"
"It ain't over till it's over" and "It's like déjà vu all over again"
"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking"
