Posted on 07/23/2005 5:23:54 AM PDT by incredulous joe
When they aren't busy boring us with cliches, a fair portion of the world's sporting elite has spent the electronic entertainment era proving that athletic and intellectual prowess rarely swim in the same gene pool. This is no condemnation of that rather predictable disparity between physical and mental gifts. This is a celebration of that typical dichotomy. The cliched are loathed and the creative celebrated, however inane. Forget respect, compassion and humility. Quotability is the ultimate virtue, blandness the deadliest of sins. Keep your canned responses. Give us more Yogi and less yoga. New England can have Belichick. Bring on Cowher. For every Charles Barkley there are a dozen Charles Shacklefords. Pithy, thoughtful quotes might be the goal, but outrageous claims, loquacious drivel and verbal gaffes are pure gold. So, speak freely, ye sports stars, when the microphone is thrust your way and dare to join our Hall of Fame. Yogis -- A selection of malapropisms that would do Yogi Berra proud: "Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise they won't come to yours." — Yogi Berra. Our favorite offering from the sports world's Godfather of Droll. "I've always tried to immolate Isiah Thomas." — Point guard T.J. Ford during his http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20050720-120144-1053r.htm
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"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." - Yogi Berra.
always my fovorite...
"when you come to a fork in the road... take it!"
My Favorite Mike Tyson Quote
“[He] called me a ‘rapist’ and a ‘recluse.’ I’m not a recluse.”
The Berra quotes are purely a fine vintage compared Tyson's ripple. But I enjoy both!
The best part about Tyson's is that you can imagine the sound of that comical voice in your head giving the quote.
1986 Shackleford bump!!
The thing which sets Yogi's remarks apart from the others is that although what he says doesn't make sense, it really does.
:-)
When I was in high school, our school was one of the top ten in the country on the Iowa test scores and most of our top athletes were in the advanced classes. We were the state basketball champs and the captain of the team was a National Merit Award scholar who was offered full rides for both football and basketball in addition to academic scholarships.
“[He] called me a ‘rapitht’"
ROFLMAO...if you could only indicate the high Michael Jackson like voice to go along with it
"Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise they won't come to yours." — Yogi Berra.
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." - Yogi Berra.
"If he were still alive, he would be turning over in his grave" - Yogi Berra.
That's because they get preferential treatment all through school. I knew a football star from Springfield, Mo that could barely read and he got mostly A's & B's all through school.
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