"You guys pair up in 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."
-Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach
"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, no 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'Neil 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 this time, no matter how long it takes."
-Senior basketball player at the University of Pennsylvania
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
-Football commentator and former football player Joe Theismann
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