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