Why "Sports Scholarship" is an Oxymoron
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:49 pm
Why "Sports Scholarship" is an Oxymoron
"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle."
-- Bill Peterson, a 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, explaining why he keeps a
color photo of himself above his locker
"You guys line up alphabetically by height."
-- Casey Stengel, long time manager of the New York Yankees, while he
subsequently was managing the hapless 1962 New York Mets
"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
"The ballparks have gotten too crowded. That's why nobody goes to see
the game anymore."
-- Yogi Berra
"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
"20% of the time, I'm hitting to the left, 20% of the time to the
right, and the other 80% I'm hitting the ball up the middle."
-- Former Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Steve Sax, describing
where he hits the baseball
"A third of the crowd will be there to see me, a third will be there to
see Billy [Martin], and the other two-thirds will be there to see the
Yankees and the Athletics."
-- Baseball outfielder Rickey Henderson, speaking about his return to
Oakland in a Yankee uniform, with Billy Martin managing the Yankees
"Our similarities are different."
-- Baseball infielder Dale Berra, son of former Yankee catcher Yogi
Berra. Dale was asked to compare himself to his dad
"This is the greatest country in America."
-- Bill Peterson, a Florida Statefootball coach
"One of my players got 4 F's and a D and asked me for advice. I told
him that he was spending too much time on one subject."
-- Abe Lemons, formerTexas basketball coach
"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle."
-- Bill Peterson, a 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, explaining why he keeps a
color photo of himself above his locker
"You guys line up alphabetically by height."
-- Casey Stengel, long time manager of the New York Yankees, while he
subsequently was managing the hapless 1962 New York Mets
"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
"The ballparks have gotten too crowded. That's why nobody goes to see
the game anymore."
-- Yogi Berra
"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
"20% of the time, I'm hitting to the left, 20% of the time to the
right, and the other 80% I'm hitting the ball up the middle."
-- Former Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Steve Sax, describing
where he hits the baseball
"A third of the crowd will be there to see me, a third will be there to
see Billy [Martin], and the other two-thirds will be there to see the
Yankees and the Athletics."
-- Baseball outfielder Rickey Henderson, speaking about his return to
Oakland in a Yankee uniform, with Billy Martin managing the Yankees
"Our similarities are different."
-- Baseball infielder Dale Berra, son of former Yankee catcher Yogi
Berra. Dale was asked to compare himself to his dad
"This is the greatest country in America."
-- Bill Peterson, a Florida Statefootball coach
"One of my players got 4 F's and a D and asked me for advice. I told
him that he was spending too much time on one subject."
-- Abe Lemons, formerTexas basketball coach