Professional sports like football and baseball are watched every week by millions of fans around the world because there’s nothing like watching competitive athletes give it their all on the field.
One of the things that many professional sports fans don’t know about some of the top athletes from the last twenty years is that some athletes are very opinionated and have a way of speaking their minds, often to very humorous results. Here are some that you might consider your motivational quote of the day!
“The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cares about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.” Steve Garvey is best known for his years playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. He was a career .294 hitter, had four gold gloves and two MVP awards.
“With the money I’m making, I should be playing two positions.” Pete Rose played for the Cincinnati Reds for his entire career and sadly is best known to baseball fans in this day and age for being banned from baseball for life after betting on the game as the manager of the Reds in the 1980’s.
“Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day to day, aren’t we all?” Vin Scully is best known for being the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers and also as a radio and television announcer for many other baseball teams over the years.
“The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.” John Madden is best known for the hit video game series that bears his name but what he’s also best known for is his years as an announcer for NFL games and his iconic career as a coach in the NFL. He retired as an NFL coach, on top, with over 100 victories during the regular season and he still has the most wins in the history of the Raiders.