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"
"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"
"I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start eating"
"I want to eat his children"
"I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed"
"We're going to win the game. I guarantee it"
"Can't play with him, can't win with him, can't coach with him….can't do it!"
"I love me some me"
"You play to win the game!"
"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 am not a role model"
"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"
"One's a born liar, the other's convicted!"
"Practice? We talking about practice?"
"Who's coming in 2nd?"
"I'd be willing to bet you that I have never bet on baseball"
What did Boston Celtic Antoine Walker say to the media when asked "Why did you keep shooting 3-pointers?"
"Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row"
"I've got a family to feed"
"Playoffs? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game"
"I dunno. I never smoked any AstroTurf"
"All we hear about is their defence. They can't stop a nose bleed"
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like NORMAN Einstein"
"Come after me. I'm a man. I'm 40!"
"I guarantee we'll win tonight"
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing"
