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