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From: ROSYPAT@aol.com [mailto:ROSYPAT@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 10:59 AM
To: Rosenberg, David E.
Subject: 20 Reasons Why Athletes should not be role models



 

 > > Twenty GREAT Reasons!!! 

> > 

> > 1.Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a 

> > role model: "I want all 

> > the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want 

> > all the kids to copulate 

> > me." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 2.New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked 

> > about the upcoming 

> > season:"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, 

> > whichever comes first." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 3.And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skins say: 

> > "I'd run over my own 

> > mother to win the Super Bowl," Matt Millen of the 

> > Raiders said:"To win, I'd 

> > run over Joe's Mom, too." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 4.Football commentator and former player Joe 

> > Theismann 1996: "Nobody in 

> > football should be called a genius. A genius is a 

> > guy like Norman 

> > Einstein." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 5.Senior basketball player at the University of 

> > Pittsburgh: "I'm going to 

> > graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 6.Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: 

> > "You guys line up 

> > alphabetically by height." And "You guys pair up in 

> > groups of three, then 

> > line up in a circle." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 7.Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson hooking up 

> > again with promoter Don 

> > King: "Why would anyone expect him to come out 

> > smarter? He went to prison 

> > for three years, not Princeton." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 8.Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, 

> > explaining why he keeps a 

> > color photo of himself above his locker: "That's so 

> > when I forget how to 

> > spell my name, I can still find my clothes." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 9.Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the 

> > Parthenon during his 

> > visit to Greece: "I can't really remember the names 

> > of the clubs that we 

> > went to." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 10.Shaquille O'Neal, on his lack of championships: 

> > "I've won at every 

> > level, except college and pro." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 11.Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan 

> > training regime of 

> > heavyweight Andrew Golota: "He's a guy who gets up 

> > at six o'clock in the 

> > morning regardless of what time it is." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 12.Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on 

> > his team's 7-27 record 

> > in 1992: "We can't win at home. We can't win on the 

> > road. As general 

> > manager, I just can't figure out where else to 

> > play." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 13.Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball 

> > player, explaining to 

> > Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at 

> > practice: "My sister's 

> > expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to 

> > be an uncle or an aunt." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 14.Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints General Manager, 

> > when asked after a loss 

> > what he thought of the refs: "I'm not allowed to 

> > comment on lousy, no good 

> > officiating." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 15.Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing 

> > Saturday nights as opposed 

> > to Sunday afternoons: "It's basically the same, just 

> > darker." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 16.Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his 

> > decision not to 

> > vote:"I was going to write myself in, but I was 

> > afraid I'd get shot." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 17.Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former 

> > player: "I told 

> > him,'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or 

> > apathy?' He said,'Coach, 

> > I don't know and I don't care." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 18.Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on 

> > his coach, John 

> > Jenkins:"He treats us like men. He lets us wear 

> > earrings." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 19.Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, 

> > recounting what he told a 

> > player who received four F'sand one D: "Son, looks 

> > to me like you're 

> > spending too much time on one subject." 

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

> > 

> > And the Gem: 

> > 

> > 20. Oiler coach Bum Phillips when asked by Bob 

> > Costas why he takes his wife 

> > on all road trips, Phillips responded: "Because she 

> > is too damn ugly to 

> > kiss goodbye."