FW: 20 Reasons Why Athletes should not be role models

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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."