quotes

[Stevan]

I bought "More than a Game" by Phil Jackson and Charlie Rosen yesterday. Here's a couple of good quotes so far:

Rosen on coaching in the CBA:
With Tico out, we quickly fell to the bottom of the leagure. Ah, the indignities of life in the CBA! Where a player was actually traded for a blow job executed by one team's secretary upon the other team's general manager. Where a certain coache's fate during a locker room disagreement with a bench warmer was to be lifted off the floor by the player and stuffed head first into a toilet bowl, which the player flushed and reflushed until a security cop interrupted the attempted coachicide.

Rosen on being ejected while coaching in the CBA:
I was unjustly "whacked" and even "tossed" by shortsighted referees. Like the time in Wichita Falls when a drunk sat directly behind me, loudly excoriating the refs in a thick southern drawl whenever a call went against the hometown Texans. Yet it twas I who was booted midway through the second quarter by Duke Callahan. "I've heard enough from you, Charley," Callahan shouted as he pointed offstage right. Or the time I was standing in a perfectly legal out-of-bounds spot in front of my bench in Rochester, Minnesota, silently observing the action, when a wayward ref blindsided me. Since I was about ten inches taller and fifty pounds heavier than he, the ref crashed to the floor. My bench players laughed to beat the band, and I quipped to the still-sprawled ref, "Was that a charge or a block?" I thought it was a good line, but it got me booted from the premises. Or the time a particularly myopic ref failed to see one of my players dribble twice on his way hoopward and tooted him for walking (thereby negating the dunk shot that would have tied the score late in the fourth quarter). Yet he banished me just for asking a pair of purely rhetorical questions: "What are you? Fucking blind?" Etcetera.

[KD]

Randy Moss:
"It's one of those 'once-in-a-lifetime' plays that happen every so often"

[wangster]

Where a player was actually traded for a blow job executed by one team's secretary upon the other team's general manager

Did I understand this correctly?

Talk about a blockbuster trade.

[DrNick]

Where a player was actually traded for a blow job executed by one team's secretary upon the other team's general manager

Did I understand this correctly?

Talk about a blockbuster trade.

where does he say that???

[Jackal]

Rosen on coaching in the CBA:
With Tico out, we quickly fell to the bottom of the leagure. Ah, the indignities of life in the CBA! Where a player was actually traded for a blow job executed by one team's secretary upon the other team's general manager. Where a certain coache's fate during a locker room disagreement with a bench warmer was to be lifted off the floor by the player and stuffed head first into a toilet bowl, which the player flushed and reflushed until a security cop interrupted the attempted coachicide.

Try reading.

[Kenyon_Martin]

Some Football quotes:


Phyllis Diller: "The reason women don't play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit in public."

Luke Salisbury: "Watching football is like watching pornography. There's plenty of action, and I can't take my eyes off it, but when it's over, I wonder why the hell I spent an afternoon doing it."

Frank Middleton, Oakland Raiders; prior to Super Bowl XXXVII he was asked what was the best thing his ex-head coach Jon Gruden (now the Tampa Bay head coach and his opponent in the Super Bowl) did for the Oakland Raiders. Frank said: "Leave."

Rod Smith, when asked if he had ever seen a similar play to the Randy Moss to Moe Williams, no-look, over-the-shoulder lateral play: "Yeah, on PlayStation."

Leroy Hoard, describing his running style: "You need two yards, I'll get you three. You need 10 yards, I'll get you three."

Ray Lewis: "Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts."

Jeff Gordon, St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer, commenting on the poor attendance at Arizona Cardinal games: "If Marc Bulger throws an interception in Sun Devil Stadium and nobody is there to see it, is it still an interception?"

[#12]

"Danny Ainge calls him Irk, because he has no D"

[j.23]

Ron Artest-"I get up for everybody.I played my son today in the backyard,and I didn't let him score"

[Old School Fool]

(Craig Ehlo on guarding Michael Jordan)
"I have Nightmares about him. Especially when the Tounge comes out."

[DrNick]

(Craig Ehlo on guarding Michael Jordan)
"I have Nightmares about him. Especially when the Tounge comes out."

LOL i wonder y

[Old School Fool]

Because Jordan made that Playoff Shot in 1993 to knock the cavs out of the playoffs

[Andreas Dahl]

here's a wonderfull quote from a message i just recived:

Hej Andreas!
Nu äntligen har jag haft tid att titta på kemibetyget. Du får G i slutbetyg på KeA kursen.

translation = i passed chemestry

[j.23]

i think it was '89.. but he did it again in 93 to gerald wilkins

god i love mj

[LeBron James]

When Jason Kidd was with the Suns and they were on a losing streak, he said this in an interview:
"I'm going to turn this team around 360degrees."

[Bill Russell]

There are dozens of NBA quotes on the links, in the Slam magazine site.

It's a good read, www.slamonline.com --> links

[Stevan]

thanks Tales!

I'll paste it here... then have a read of it.

Anyway, continuing the tradition we began last year, here's the best quotes of the last year. There's some really funny stuff in here. These are the quotes from January through June. We'll tackle the second half tomorrow.

"You've got idiots in the office running things; that's the problem." -- Reggie Miller, on a suspension of Ron Artest.

"It was one, a lack of experience in a situation like that, and two, they were bombing on Betty." -- Steve Francis, on the Mavs blowing out the Rockets.

"I'm 250 [pounds] -- I should be able to flex my muscles when I want to." -- Ron Artest, on flexing to the Miami bench.

"I don't have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome." -- Jerome James, on Nate McMillan's comments about players on Seattle being selfish.

"It's all right. It sort of looks like Terry Porter, but that's OK. TP's my man. It's not an insult or anything like that. TP has a good smile and everything, so I'm rolling with that." -- Kevin Garnett, upon seeing his Celebriduck, which was handed out at a T-Wolves game.

"It looks like my grandfather's rug." -- Bimbo Coles, on a sweater worn by Smush Parker.

"Name 12 players better than me." -- Jalen Rose, on whether or not he should make the All-Star team.

"I would compare Rod to classical music -- it just flows, a steady stream of melody, real free-flowing, something mixed up with a lot of tempo. Troy's like rock and roll, or rap. He comes out energetic, keeps you on your feet. At certain times you need that, and at certain times you need the classical music." -- Kevin Garnett, comparing Rod Strickland to Troy Hudson.

"Winning is the best deodorant." -- Jason Kidd.

"I played football for one day. I gave my equipment to the coach and said 'Thank you, this is a bit to stressful for me.'" -- Charles Barkley, on playing high school football.

"Oh...and you never like to see this." -- Marv Albert, when Rodney White vomited on the court at Madison Square Garden.

"I am a rookie, so if I hit the rookie wall, I don't really know." -- Yao Ming, asked if he had hit the rookie wall.

"He was like the guinea pig for Rogaine for black men." -- Charles Barkley, on Karl Malone.

"Just put the ball in the basket. All of this french pastry is not necessary." -- John Thompson, on Utah's Greg Ostertag after a poorly executed play.

"The most underrated player in NBA history is Dominique Wilkins. Right behind him is Gary Payton. He never has gotten the respect he deserves. If he doesn't spend the rest of his days in Seattle, I hope he goes someplace where he has a chance to win a title." -- Charles Barkley.

"Gary Payton, in his first year, was no great shakes." -- Bill Cartwright.

"It's a lot better. I'm not medically inclined to give an opinion." -- Grant Long, on his sore hand.

"I don't know who is calling the shots, who is pulling the switches on and off but this team has gone downhill ever since. The team was broken up and there was no reason for them breaking it up." -- Charles Oakley, always reliable, on the Raptors.

"I've never taken medication (to control moods) in my life. Doctors have suggested it and I say, 'OK, give it to me.' But I throw it in the garbage immediately." -- Ron Artest.

"They don't know polo from lolo." -- Charles Oakley, on Canadian fans.

"He'll land some good middle-school job; you've got to start somewhere." -- Oak, on former Bulls coach Tim Floyd.

"I'd like to see him exert himself a little bit more." -- Phil Jackson, on Shaq posting a four rebound game.

"I speak a little Spanish, so I'm able to communicate." -- Marcus Camby, on communicating with teammate Nene Hilario, who speaks Portuguese and not Spanish.

"I was 19, but when I didn't get drafted by the Knicks, I had to go get a drink. They still put minibars in 19-year-olds' [hotel] rooms." -- Ron Artest.

NEW YORK KNICKS FAN: "Hey, Damon...you can come here and live in my house."
DAMON STOUDAMIRE: "I'd live in your doghouse to get out of this sh*t."

"I don't bet. How about a hamburger?" -- Dick Bavetta, in response to Tim Duncan after Duncan offered to bet him money that he missed a call.

"Half Man, Half Sit-Out-The-Season." -- Barkley, talking about Vince Carter.

"The last time we won here, Snoop Dogg was still a pup." -- Rudy Tomjanovic, on the Rockets playing in Orlando.

"When I hit it I heard the crowd going crazy and I was like, 'Wow, that was a sweet jumper, they must have liked that one.' I had no clue." -- Matt Harpring, on receiving a pass from Mark Jackson and making the jumper that gave Jackson his 10,000th career assist.

"I think he's the only guy that didn't know. But that's Matt." -- Jackson's response.

"They better not put me in the All-Star Game. I won't shoot, but I'll dominate that easy game. I'll be playing hard defense. I'll be foulin'. I'll be flagrant fouling. Everyone will be like, 'What are you doing?'" -- Ron Artest.

"To make that type of analogy actually just shows stupidity. You've got to realize, this is the same guy who said he wanted to play in Madison Square Garden because of the aroma. He meant 'aura' but he said 'aroma.' So you've got to put everything in perspective." -- Flip Saunders, on Stephon Marbury saying that Amare Stoudemire is better than Kevin Garnett.

"This is news?" -- Latrell Sprewell, to a photographer waiting outside the police precinct where Spree was paying an overdue parking ticket.

Barkley: "I can not believe that Dan Rather didn't just kill Saddam Hussein when he was interviewing him, and that would have saved us all that money going to war."
Ernie Johnson: "How do you reckon Dan Rather would have pulled that off?"
Barkley: "He could have said 'Hey Saddam, let's go get something to eat' and then stabbed him in the neck with a fork. That could have saved us $26 billion dollars we're giving to Turkey. We could have used that money to fix the public school system here in America...You think a real fork or a salad fork?"
EJ: "I don't think a salad fork is getting it done."

"Let me put it this way: One day, when we go on and play the game up in the big sky, I'm coming off the bench. I'm backing him up. I believe that in all my heart" -- Willis Reed, on Patrick Ewing's place among Knicks all-time centers.

"I'd take Willis ahead of Patrick, no question." -- Walt "Clyde" Frazier, on Patrick Ewing's place among all-time Knicks centers.

"I think he should have got the surgery before at the beginning of the year instead of waiting." -- Shaq, on Phil Jackson's kidney stone problem.

"I've been patient with everything -- management, coaches, players -- but I want to play. I think I took my time eating my soup, the soup is gone. Now it's time for the main course. The appetizers, throw them out the window." -- Charles Oakley.

"Well, my translator is still here." -- Yao, on how well his English is improving.

"I like doing other things. I like getting high, hanging out with my kids. I like drinking. I have so many demons." -- Mike Tyson.

"The whole thing is great for my situation." -- Kenny Anderson, on being traded to New Orleans.

"You know what Ernie? Damn! I mean the good damn. There are different kinds of damn. This is not the kind of damn that you use to describe Mike Tyson." -- Charles Barkley, on the picture of Serena Williams in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

"I feel like Bill Walton -- old and sh*tty." -- Shaq.

"It wasn't a big deal, like somebody asking me to go fishing." -- Greg Ostertag, on being asked to donate a kidney to his sister.

"I don't know. The guy doesn't talk about it to me. I don't know anything that's going on with the guy." -- Alvin Gentry, on Andre Miller's mental state in the wake of the death of his stepfather.

"I wanted to ask if he planned to expand NBA basketball to the moon." -- Yao Ming, on his meeting with the David Stern.

"I make big shots everywhere. I get accustomed to it. I'm not afraid to be the goat. I don't worry about what you (reporters) say about me in the papers. In fact, I like it. It tickles me." -- Sam Cassell.

"He already has a pro body." -- Kendall Gill, on LeBron James.

"It's beyond explanation. It's mind-boggling. There are some things you can't understand -- the Kennedy assassination, where the aliens are hiding and our ups and downs. Oh, and Stonehenge." -- Troy Murphy, on Golden State's inconsistency.

"Jerome James tried to jump on me and he was not successful. Both parties are usually suspended, but that didn't happen. That tells me that they give me special treatment in a negative way. It's the same reason why I'm not playing...But I'm not going to be the Sonics basher. Basically, I got suspended because I got into a fight with a 7-foot guy who attacked me." -- Joseph Forte, on why he was given a suspension by the Sonics.

"I don't know anything. I'm just a mute around here." -- Tim Thomas.

"No, they got a chance to see me." -- Steve Francis, when asked if he'd had a chance to see the Maryland players before they're NCAA Tourney game.

"That didn't bother me. I am not going to worry about a guy trying to be tough with a pink tie on." -- Ben Wallace, on the injured Marcus Fizer acting like he was going to come off the Bulls bench and fight.

"He is one of the best power forwards ever, always in shape, plays hard. I also think he's one of the dirtiest players of all time. And he's really into himself, with all his contracts and renegotiations and renegotiations. Great power forward. Selfish. Dirty...I wouldn't want to play with him." -- Joe Klein, on Karl Malone.

"I'm not embarrassed by America. I'm embarrassed by humanity. More than embarrassed, I think it's really unfortunate in the year 2003 that we're still using violence as a means of conflict resolution. That's what I'm speaking out against." -- Steve Nash.

"I saw Charles Manson do an interview once and he sounded normal too...Ron Artest has cost that team homecourt advantage." -- Barkley.

"We try to treat the road like it's a home game. We ain't got no fans at home, neither." -- Dion Glover, on the Hawks.

"We also have a war we have to fight, too. The Washington Wizards are trying to make the playoffs...It's pretty much the same thing." -- Tyronn Lue, my Dad's favorite player, on the US war against Iraq.

"We don't pay Chauncey any mind. We let him gossip all he wants. Colorado hasn't done anything since he left. He's still the all-time leading scorer and he only played there two years." -- Rip Hamilton, on Chauncey Billups' claims that Colorado will knock off Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament.

"I was proud of DeShawn and I would have knocked him down harder. They can put me in jail for saying that, but that's the way it is." -- Jerry Sloan, on DeShawn fouling Ricky Davis after he shot on the wrong goal attempting to get a triple-double.

"For our team, every game is the key to opening the door to the playoffs." -- Yao Ming.

"Any Cub Scout with Boy Scouts can do Boy Scout-ish things. When the (expletive) was in the Cub Scouts, he was a Cub Scout. When the (expletive) was with Vancouver, nobody heard about his (expletive) punk-(expletive). Now that he's with Sacramento, that's some (expletive) that he's on the (U.S.) team. I ain't goin'." -- Shaq, on Mike Bibby.

"If this is not micromanaging, I need to look up the [word] again." -- Kwame, on Doug Collins' handling of him.

"Just too much Chauncey Billups tonight. He made me want to throw up." -- Phil Jackson.

"He did interview me once, in New Jersey. He comes across as a bitter person. Someone who does not like life. Like Gerry Fraley from the Dallas Morning News, who never seems to have anything positive to say about anything. Kinda sad." -- Mark Cuban, on ESPN.com's Charley Rosen.

"I would tell any free agent not to sign with them because you can't trust anyone in upper management. If you're in the room with them and you plan to walk out, you better face them backing out so you won't get stabbed in the back." -- Bimbo Coles, on the Cavaliers organization.

"It would be an honor. With my luck, though, I might not get the chance. They'll probably ask Andre Miller." -- Stephon Marbury, on the possibility of being asked to play on the Olympic team.

"He's white normally, but he's really white now." -- Larry Brown, on Keith Van Horn being sick.

"Maybe I'm just always thinking." -- Troy Hudson, on why he rarely talks.

"It'll never happen. I might push one of my guys down there to help her out, but it won't be me." -- Byron Scott, on whether or not he would help out if someone forgot the words to the national anthem at a Nets game.

"What are you doing here? Why aren't you going to Kansas University? The girls down there are much hotter. You belong there." -- Larry Eustachy, Iowa State basketball coach, to a female student at Kansas State University.

"Both teams played hard." -- Rasheed Wallace.

"He already kissed an animal." -- Kenny Smith, on Barkley losing the Yao Ming bet, forcing him to kiss a donkey to pay his bet.

"Let's not talk about your girl now." -- Charles Barkley.

"We don't make up names, 'The Warriors' or 'Alternatorz' or any of that sh*t. We just go out and play." -- Shawn Kemp, on the Magic bench.

"Red Auerbach taught me a long time ago you never make your enemy comfortable, so I was out there with a screwdriver. Evidently, I was successful." -- Don Nelson, on the Trailblazers plane breaking down in Dallas after game one in the first round of the playoffs.

"I'm a very smart man. I speak when it's time to speak." -- Doug Collins.

"You've gone plum damn goofy on the first night." -- Barkley, after Kenny Smith said that Yao Ming is the best player in Houston.

"That guy's got hot breath just like Kenny." -- Barkley, after TNT aired a shot of a male Hawaiian dancer with fire in his mouth.

"I'm not Nostradamus or anybody, so I don't know. Luckily, this is the worst injury I've had in my career so far." -- Drew Gooden, on the severity of his toe injury.

"We buried the hatchet a couple of years ago, and if I ran into him, I'd offer him a beer." -- Scottie Pippen, on his relationship with Jerry Krause.

"I forgive him. He's my teammate, he made a mistake, and I can't retaliate, trying to fight him or beat him up, because I'm on probation, so I would get in trouble." -- Ruben Patterson, forgiving, sort of, Zach Randolph.

"Me as a backup center? Hell no." -- Dikembe Mutombo, on possibly coming off the bench for the Nets during the playoffs.

"I still have my quickness, but I turn it on and off. I don't want to fail in anything I do and that's why I'm hard on myself." -- Kenny Anderson.

"It's very hard. You have to prepare for it. A lot of people say, 'I can do this, I can do that.' But that's hard. You're looking into a camera and you're not seeing anybody. You've got to talk to people that you can't see. That's the toughest part." -- Tim Hardaway, on his work as an ESPN studio analyst.

"If it was a statement from Michael Jordan or Larry Bird, you take it seriously. But you're talking about Chucky Atkins. It doesn't carry any weight." -- Jason Kidd, after Chucky Atkins said the Nets would always be second fiddle to the Knicks.

"I never said that San Antonio had all these fat women. That has been bothering me. All these women who think I said they were fat, I apologize. Then when I go to Dallas people tell me that I have nothing good to say about Dallas. First of all I think Dallas has a good team. I feel bad they think that. You think LA has the best-looking women in the crowd... they do, but they are not real ... they are made out of plastic. For normal women, who have their own God given bodies, Dallas has the best looking women in the NBA. Unfortunately, I am not going to get to see anymore of them in Dallas." -- Barkley.

"Look at my teeth. While I was growing up, I was unable to get the work on my teeth done that I needed. So the goal is to take care of kids who can't afford to go to the dentist." -- Eric Williams, on why he's starting a charity foundation.

"It was fabricated by someone in the media. It was very convenient it came out the day of the game. It was a...comment started by someone in the Pistons' organization to get them fired up. I heard I said it on TV. I heard I said it on the radio. I heard I said it in a Houston newspaper. There hasn't been anybody that can tell me where it came from." -- Richard Jefferson, after being played a tape of him saying that Detroit is the most overrated team in the Eastern Conference.

"Nothing. I was confused for two years. I didn't understand anything and I'm still confused." -- Gregg Popovich, on what he learned in his two years as an assistant to Don Nelson.

"In Turkey, the media wait for you outside. You go down to them, in tunnel, and sometimes, people are yelling and throwing things. They throw coins. I get hit in the head -- bleeding. There is blood." -- Mehmet Okur.

"I got theories with this woman, this Joumana Kidd who wants to be a TV star. She wants face time on camera. The great way to get face time is to bring the cute, little precocious kid. Oh, great. I'd like to smack her." -- Bob Ryan, sports columnist for the Boston Globe.

"Not being able to rebound better was a thorn in our foot." -- Gary Payton.

"Meet me in the parking lot, I will kick your ass." -- Scottie Pippen, to a Blazers season ticket holder.

"We could use a little more strength at the five position, the four position and shooting and point guard position." -- Danny Ainge.

"When Boston and Orlando told me they were going to pick me at 21 and 22, I figured I don't need to do a workout for a second-round team. Boston and Orlando never drafted me because they said I was too skinny and no European point guard will make it in the League." -- Tony Parker.

"I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that." -- Carmelo Anthony.

"Sometimes I look like I was under interrogation. Some people just don't look good in clothes. In New York, Armani and all those clothing people used to call me up and tried to pay me not to wear their clothes. This is as good as it's going to get...and then it's all downhill. I'll be fine. I never feel as bad as I look." -- Jeff Van Gundy.

"You hate white people, you hate Americans and you think you're smarter than everyone else." -- Jerry Sloan, to Jon Amaechi, according to Amaechi.

"To behold the unexpected amount of Spurs fans in the stands of the SBC Center, wearing black-and-white shirts with the No. 20, seems like a dream," -- Miguel Romano, columnist for Argentinian newspaper La Nación.

"The best day of my life was when I turned 25. That's the day my car insurance went down. Yeah, boy, I saved $1,200 that day." -- Stephen Jackson.

"[LeBron] was banging those little boys around in high school, but once he goes against the men, they're going to beat his butt and make him cry." -- ESPN's Charley Rosen.

[j.23]

"Name 12 players better than me." -- Jalen Rose, on whether or not he should make the All-Star team.

hmm.. where do i start

kobe, kg, pierce, duncan, mcgrady, iverson, shaq, jermaine o'neal, mj, marbury, matrix, finley, nash, nowitzki, webber, carter, ..

oh and the list goes on.. what a joke

[Matt]

well i think he meant 12 players in the conference.........but he don't belong in the top 20 of the East anyway.

its funny how Charles Barkely appears there a lot

[Bill Russell]

Those were quotes from January to June... Part 2, regarding the rest of the year, will be up today...

[Ruff Ryder]

The one on Andrews profile is a good one.

"We wish Jordan were 7-feet, but he isn't. There just wasn't a center available. What can you do? Jordan isn't going to turn this franchise around. I wouldn't ask him to. He's a very good offensive player, but not an overpowering offensive player."
-- Rod Thorn, then Bulls general manager, after selecting Jordan in the 1984 NBA Draft

5/21 Jason Kidd (NJ) on the 177 field goal attempts and 107 field goals missed during Tuesday's NJ-Bos game: "It wasn't a shootout. More like we were building a house. Both teams."

Sgt. Kirk Hartwell, who arrested Kwame Brown (Was) for going 120 mph in a 60 mph construction zone: "He just kept saying 'Michael Jordan is going to kill me.'"

3/7 Ref Luis Grillo on calling a foul on Popeye Jones during a Was-Mem game: "54 is dancing with Battier!"

2/22 The LA Clippers placed Corey Maggette on IR with dislocated ring and little fingers on his right hand. Maggette suffered the injury when he pounded the scorer's table in frustration.

Don Nelson on Dirk Nowitzki's new crew cut: "I didn't know he was that ugly. I thought he was a pretty good looking fella when he had hair, but, oh my goodness, did that bring out all his bad features or what. He's going to be single all the rest of his life!"

David Robinson (SA) after Clifford Robinson (Det) went 1-5 FG in a Det-SA game: "I hate to do it, but I have to give Steve Smith some credit for his defense. Steve did a nice job of yelling for help every time Cliff got the ball."

Alonzo Mourning on winning the Defensive Player of the Year award: "I thank my teammates for letting their men blow by them."

Mikki Moore [unintentionally explaining Detroit's troubles this season]: "We have to play hard for the full 40 minutes." Informed a game goes for 48 minutes: "48? Oh, that's right. 12-minute quarters."

Eddie Johnson: "It's nice just to play against [Jordan]. Sometimes you get your picture in the paper."

[GloveGuy]

From Loose Balls:

Worst Command Of The English Language

Let me explain about Yinka Dare. Yinka is from Nigeria and there are some things Yinka just doesn't understand. The Nets were playing Minnesota in 1996, when they had Christian Laettner. I came out of the game and Yinka, who was on the bench, asked me, "Jayson"--he always called me Jay-son, like it was two words--"what does the 'C' on Christian Laettner's jersey stand for?"

I'm thinking, Damn, Yinka Dare should know what the "C" on Christian Laettner's jersey stands for--it's for "Captain," anybody knows that. But I didn't say anything. I just looked at him and thought, Let me figure this brother out.

So I say, "Yinka, what do you think the 'C' on Christian Laettner's jersey stands for?"

He looks over at Laettner, who's a white guy, and he looks back at me, and goes, "Caucasian?"

We're losing, so I can't be lauging on the bench. I put my head down, get a towel over my face. And then Benoit Benjamin, another NBA genius on the Nets' bench, looks over at me and he says, "Woooo, child. That Yinka Dare sure is silly, isn't he? Everybody knows 'caucasian' starts with a 'k'."

Greatest Patron of the Arts

One night after a game in Portland, Chris Morris and I walk into a bar and a guy's playing the pian. Bar music, you know, nothing fancu.

Chris says to the guy, "Hey can't you play some Picasso?"

You know, there aren't a lot of rocket scientists in the NBA.

Best Bad Dresser

Michael Jordan was the number one dresser. Scottie Pippen learned from Michael, so he was a good dresser. Kevin Willis always looked pretty sharp I'll tell you who are the worst dressers--the white guys. They invented the grunge look about fifteen years ago. Guys like Jon Koncak. He'd be making $3 million a year back then and he'd step off the team plane like he just got off a surfboard.

The sharpest dresser and the worst dresser are the same person--Charles Oakley. He's got nice suits, but they're always purple and yellow, and stuff. He got the best suits but the worst colors. But he's 6'10", 265, so nobody tells him about it.

[Ruff Ryder]

That first one with Yinka Dare is halarious!

[wangster]

Jayson Williams is a funny guy..... but so is Yinka Dare... in a different funny from Jayson Williams.

[DrNick]

:lol:

Jayson Williams is a funny guy..... but so is Yinka Dare... in a different funny from Jayson Williams.

Jayson Williams = just funny


Yinka Dare = plain stupidly funny

[Old School Fool]

I have a good quote



"Yinka Dare is The Greatest! Did You see That Double Self Alley Oop He did on Yang Wang of the Iraq Massive Weapons team?! He Toasted Him"
- Anonymous