QUOTES, QUOTES ... NOTHING BUT QUOTES

 

They said it … and, sorry, can’t take it back:


Who told reporters: “That’s enough about last year … 

we’re moving on.” Hint: He said it this week on the eve 

of … oops, that’s enough. See below.*


“His heart is barely ticking … as he plays the game.” – 

ESPN’s ANDRE WARE on Miami, Fla., QB CAM 

WARD.


“As the game wore on, there were some individuals who 

made business decisions, so I guess we’ll have to make 

some business decisions as well.” – Las Vegas Raiders 

coach ANTONIO PIERCE after a 39-22 loss to Carolina 

Panthers.



“That’s very fair. How could you think otherwise?” – 

Cowboys owner JERRY JONES … when asked if he 

should blame himself for the team’s early-season 

troubles?


"Nobody’s replacing Stammer, all right? – NHL Tampa 

Bay coach JON COOPER on off-season addition JAKE 

GUENTZEL, from Pens by way of Hurricanes, working 

on the first line at left wing … which was franchise 

scoring leader STEVEN STAMKOS’ position until he 

left this year, a free agent, and signed with Columbus 

Blue Jackets,


“Their [lack of] effort is unforgivable.” Former EPL great 

now NBC soccer wiseman GARY NEVILLE on 

Manchester United (2W-1T-2L, 7 points, tied for 10th). 

“They’ve got players who think they’re better than they 

are. They get a little praise ,,, and it goes to their heads. 

I’m not quite sure why.”


Asked to “take us through the interception in the end 

zone,” Denver rookie QB BO NIX said, “Dropped back 

… threw it to the other team.” Next question.


MARK SCHLERETH: “You have to know what you are 

… it’s more important than what you are not.”


LSU coach BRIAN KELLY on QB GARRETT 

NUSSMEIER(after the Tigers overcame a 17-0 deficit 

and two Pick-6 overturned by questionable calls for a 36-

33 win at South Carolina): “He’s got the ability to do so 

many things. Now we have to get him to be an elite 

quarterback … making the right decisions … sometimes 

taking a sack … Zero as a play is OK.”



William & Mary alumnus and NFL Steelers coach MIKE 

TOMLIN on giving game ball to QB RUSSELL 

WILSON, who didn’t play: “It’s like having to know 

how sausage is made. In other words … none of your 

business.”


* Answer to question about “moving on” from last year 

… when NHL Edmonton rallied to take Florida to the 

seventh game of the Stanley Cup finals: Who else but … 

Oilers’ CONNOR McDAVID, named playoffs MVP … 

despite what should have been an award-winning 

performance by Panthers’ goalie SERGEI 

BOBROVSKY.







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