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!
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like NORMAN Einstein"
"I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career"
"You play to win the game!"
"I dunno. I never smoked any AstroTurf"
"Playoffs? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game"
"I guarantee we'll win tonight"
"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"
"One's a born liar, the other's convicted!"
"I've got a family to feed"
"I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start eating"
"Can't play with him, can't win with him, can't coach with him….can't do it!"
"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 failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed"
What did Boston Celtic Antoine Walker say to the media when asked "Why did you keep shooting 3-pointers?"
"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up"
"Who's coming in 2nd?"
"I'm here so I won't get fined"
"Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row"
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing"
"How would you like a job where every time you make a mistake a red light goes on and 18 000 people boo?"
"Come after me. I'm a man. I'm 40!"
"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 am not a role model"
"To be the man, you got to beat the man"
"Practice? We talking about practice?"
