"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle." "You guys
line up alphabetically by height." - Bill Peterson, former Florida State
football coach
"That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes."
- Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, on why he keeps a color photo
of himself above his locker
"I play football. I'm not trying to be a professor. The tests don't seem to
make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven't been through in
school." - Clemson recruit Ray Forsythe, who was ineligible as a freshman
because of academic requirements
"I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get
in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class." -
George Raveling, Washington State basketball coach
"Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for
three years, not Princeton." - Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson
hooking up again with promoter Don King
"I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to." -
Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to
Greece
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." - Senior
basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman
Einstein." - Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann