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