Sports Quotes

Mike Tyson Says

"[He} called me a rapist and a 'recluse.' I'm not a recluse."

— Mike Tyson, boxer

"My health is good enough about the shoulders."

— Charles "Casey" Stengel, Yankees Hall of Fame manager

"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees."

— Jason Kidd, New Jersey Nets player

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf."

— Tug McGraw, National League Pitcher, when asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf.

"The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing."

— Dizzy Dean, National League Pitcher, after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series.

"The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

— Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst

"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body."

— Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.