1.Upon hearing Joe Jacoby of the Redskins say, "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl,” Matt Millen of the Raiders said: "To win, I'd run over Joe's Mom, too."
2. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann in 1996: "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
3.Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: "I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."
4. Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: "You guys line up alphabetically by height." And "You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle."
5. Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson again hooking up with promoter Don King: "Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton
6. Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker: "That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes."
7. Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece: "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
8. Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota: "He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is."
9. Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team's 7-27 record in 1992: "We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play."
10. Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice: "My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt."
11. Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored in yet."
12. Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints General Manager, when asked after a loss what he thought of the refs: "I'm not allowed to comment on lousy, no-good officiating."
Monday, August 25, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Funniest or Dumbest Sport Quotes
20. "I've been dunked on by (Vitaly) Potapenko and now (Zan) Tabak. The good part is that they don't make posters of those guys"—Houston Rockets’ Walt Williams —Am I really the only one that has a Zan Tabak poster on my ceiling?
19. "I enjoyed The Luge."—Michael Jordan on the Paris museum —The man was known for his dunking, defense, jump shot, tenacity, but his fine art knowledge….not so much.
18. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." —Yeah, ‘cause real men wear earrings
17. “Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses.”—David Thompson —I guess that makes dunking his weakest strength
16. New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first." —I suppose if he was stuck on 999 and ripped off 501 yards in the final game,this would make sense. No….no it still wouldn’t.
15. "I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won."—Muhammad Ali —The Father of trash talking
14. “The sun has been there for 500, 600 years ”—Baseballer player Mike Cameron
13. "The game was closer than the score indicated"—Baseball player Dizzy Dean, after a 1-0 game —’Cause when I see 1-0, I think blowout
12. Shaquille O'Neal: "I've won at every level, except college and pro." —Before his Laker days he was really proud of his eight and under title ring.
11. “I don’t want to shoot my mouth in my foot, but those are games we can win.”—Basketball player Sherman Douglas —What did he just say?
10. "The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex."—Carl Everett —Alright Carl, let’s not turn this into a holy war.
9. "Well, Rickey’s not one of them, so that’s 49 percent right there."—Rickey Henderson on reports that 50 percent of ballplayers use steroids. —Rickey Henderson: The scholar
8. "Because there are no fours."—NBA long-range gunner Antoine Walker when asked why he shoots so many threes. —
7. “I can play in the center, on the right, and occasionally on the left side.”—David Beckham, asked if he was a “volatile” player. —They still use the English language in England right?
6. "Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious."—N.C. St. basketball player Charles Shackleford. —Didn’t Ricky Henderson steal this delicious line?
5. “I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf.”—Pitcher Tug McGraw, asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf. —
4. “They shouldn’t throw at me. I’m the father of five or six kids.”—Baseball player Tito Fuentes, after getting hit by a pitch. —five OR six, now that’s disturbingly funny
3. Shaquille O'Neal: "I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak." —I’m speechless.
2. "Like they say, it ain't over til the fat guy swings."—Phillies catcher Darren Daulton on stocky first baseman John Kruk. —Ahh...baseball playersAnd finally, number one...“
1. We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.”—Basketball player Weldon Drew
19. "I enjoyed The Luge."—Michael Jordan on the Paris museum —The man was known for his dunking, defense, jump shot, tenacity, but his fine art knowledge….not so much.
18. Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." —Yeah, ‘cause real men wear earrings
17. “Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses.”—David Thompson —I guess that makes dunking his weakest strength
16. New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first." —I suppose if he was stuck on 999 and ripped off 501 yards in the final game,this would make sense. No….no it still wouldn’t.
15. "I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won."—Muhammad Ali —The Father of trash talking
14. “The sun has been there for 500, 600 years ”—Baseballer player Mike Cameron
13. "The game was closer than the score indicated"—Baseball player Dizzy Dean, after a 1-0 game —’Cause when I see 1-0, I think blowout
12. Shaquille O'Neal: "I've won at every level, except college and pro." —Before his Laker days he was really proud of his eight and under title ring.
11. “I don’t want to shoot my mouth in my foot, but those are games we can win.”—Basketball player Sherman Douglas —What did he just say?
10. "The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus Rex."—Carl Everett —Alright Carl, let’s not turn this into a holy war.
9. "Well, Rickey’s not one of them, so that’s 49 percent right there."—Rickey Henderson on reports that 50 percent of ballplayers use steroids. —Rickey Henderson: The scholar
8. "Because there are no fours."—NBA long-range gunner Antoine Walker when asked why he shoots so many threes. —
7. “I can play in the center, on the right, and occasionally on the left side.”—David Beckham, asked if he was a “volatile” player. —They still use the English language in England right?
6. "Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious."—N.C. St. basketball player Charles Shackleford. —Didn’t Ricky Henderson steal this delicious line?
5. “I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf.”—Pitcher Tug McGraw, asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf. —
4. “They shouldn’t throw at me. I’m the father of five or six kids.”—Baseball player Tito Fuentes, after getting hit by a pitch. —five OR six, now that’s disturbingly funny
3. Shaquille O'Neal: "I made a 1,600 minus 800 minus 200 on the SAT, so I'm very intelligent when I speak." —I’m speechless.
2. "Like they say, it ain't over til the fat guy swings."—Phillies catcher Darren Daulton on stocky first baseman John Kruk. —Ahh...baseball playersAnd finally, number one...“
1. We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.”—Basketball player Weldon Drew
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Same ideas not helping poor
NEW YORK (CNN) -- "I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty but leading them or driving them out of it."
What hate-mongering politician would be so politically incorrect as to suggest that things like higher minimum wages and more government handouts don't actually help the poor? I'll identify the culprit at the end of this column, but for now, I'm more interested in figuring out why that statement sounds so controversial.
Poverty is one of the few national issues that, at least on the surface, unites us all. It's not a political condition; it's a human one. After all, when's the last time you've heard a politician campaign on a pro-poverty platform?
But although the problem may unite us, the solutions don't. And perhaps nothing illustrates that better than what's been happening in Detroit, Michigan, and Buffalo, New York.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly a third of the residents in those cities are living beneath the poverty line, the highest rates among large cities in the entire country.
No matter what side of the political aisle you're on, that is nothing short of appalling. Yet if you ask people what we should do about it, you'll probably hear answers that inexplicably break down right along party lines.
Is there a perfect answer? Probably not. But what bothers me is that people stubbornly stick to their solution, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that it's not working.
For example, Detroit, whose mayor has been indicted on felony charges, hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961. Buffalo has been even more stubborn. It started putting a Democrat in office back in 1954, and it hasn't stopped since.
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Unfortunately, those two cities may be alone at the top of the poverty rate list, but they're not alone in their love for Democrats. Cincinnati, Ohio (third on the poverty rate list), hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1984. Cleveland, Ohio (fourth on the list), has been led by a Democrat since 1989. St. Louis, Missouri (sixth), hasn't had a Republican since 1949, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (eighth), since 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ninth), since 1952 and Newark, New Jersey (10th), since 1907.
The only two cities in the top 10 that I didn't mention (Miami, Florida, and El Paso, Texas) haven't had Republicans in office either -- just Democrats, independents or nonpartisans.
Over the past 50 years, the eight cities listed above have had Republican leadership for a combined 36 years. The rest of the time -- a combined 364 years -- they've been led by Democrats.
Five of the 10 cities with the highest poverty rates (Detroit, Buffalo, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Newark) have had a Democratic stranglehold since at least 1961: more than 45 years. Two of the cities (Milwaukee and Newark) have been electing Democrats since the first Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1908.
Two cities, 100 years, all Democrats.
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, the asylums in those cities must be as full as the soup kitchens.
Not too long ago, I had the great honor of being invited to a charity dinner hosted by Chris Gardner. He's the guy whose rags-to-riches life was portrayed by Will Smith in the movie "Pursuit of Happyness." Chris had been on my show a few times, and I've always admired his story and his message of hope through personal responsibility.
As I prepared for the dinner and looked into Chris' charity, I started to get nervous. The roster was filled with liberals, most of whom would probably hate me. Hillary Clinton, Mario Cuomo, Alan Alda, Kenneth Cole and Charles Grodin were just a few of the people I was worried about running into.
But the question I kept asking myself was, why? Why can't people from wildly different political stripes come together in support of a common cause without feeling alienated? Why is an issue like poverty "owned" by one political party?
I consider myself a conservative, but I consider myself an American and a human being first. When people whom I normally agree with screw things up, I call them on it. Yet the people in these cities apparently don't. Newark keeps drinking the Kool-Aid, electing the same people with the same ideas, slipping down the poverty list (along with the "Places Never to Visit Unless it's the Airport" list) and wondering why.
We've talked a lot about "change" in this country recently, but there's a much more important catchphrase that we've neglected: "All politics is local." Maybe instead of focusing so much on who we put in charge of our country, we should focus more on who we put in charge of our cities.
Oh, and before I forget. The hateful politician who suggested that we should be "driving" or "leading" the poor out of poverty? It was Benjamin Franklin.
Good thing he never tried to run for mayor of Newark
What hate-mongering politician would be so politically incorrect as to suggest that things like higher minimum wages and more government handouts don't actually help the poor? I'll identify the culprit at the end of this column, but for now, I'm more interested in figuring out why that statement sounds so controversial.
Poverty is one of the few national issues that, at least on the surface, unites us all. It's not a political condition; it's a human one. After all, when's the last time you've heard a politician campaign on a pro-poverty platform?
But although the problem may unite us, the solutions don't. And perhaps nothing illustrates that better than what's been happening in Detroit, Michigan, and Buffalo, New York.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly a third of the residents in those cities are living beneath the poverty line, the highest rates among large cities in the entire country.
No matter what side of the political aisle you're on, that is nothing short of appalling. Yet if you ask people what we should do about it, you'll probably hear answers that inexplicably break down right along party lines.
Is there a perfect answer? Probably not. But what bothers me is that people stubbornly stick to their solution, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that it's not working.
For example, Detroit, whose mayor has been indicted on felony charges, hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961. Buffalo has been even more stubborn. It started putting a Democrat in office back in 1954, and it hasn't stopped since.
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Unfortunately, those two cities may be alone at the top of the poverty rate list, but they're not alone in their love for Democrats. Cincinnati, Ohio (third on the poverty rate list), hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1984. Cleveland, Ohio (fourth on the list), has been led by a Democrat since 1989. St. Louis, Missouri (sixth), hasn't had a Republican since 1949, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (eighth), since 1908, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ninth), since 1952 and Newark, New Jersey (10th), since 1907.
The only two cities in the top 10 that I didn't mention (Miami, Florida, and El Paso, Texas) haven't had Republicans in office either -- just Democrats, independents or nonpartisans.
Over the past 50 years, the eight cities listed above have had Republican leadership for a combined 36 years. The rest of the time -- a combined 364 years -- they've been led by Democrats.
Five of the 10 cities with the highest poverty rates (Detroit, Buffalo, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Newark) have had a Democratic stranglehold since at least 1961: more than 45 years. Two of the cities (Milwaukee and Newark) have been electing Democrats since the first Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1908.
Two cities, 100 years, all Democrats.
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, the asylums in those cities must be as full as the soup kitchens.
Not too long ago, I had the great honor of being invited to a charity dinner hosted by Chris Gardner. He's the guy whose rags-to-riches life was portrayed by Will Smith in the movie "Pursuit of Happyness." Chris had been on my show a few times, and I've always admired his story and his message of hope through personal responsibility.
As I prepared for the dinner and looked into Chris' charity, I started to get nervous. The roster was filled with liberals, most of whom would probably hate me. Hillary Clinton, Mario Cuomo, Alan Alda, Kenneth Cole and Charles Grodin were just a few of the people I was worried about running into.
But the question I kept asking myself was, why? Why can't people from wildly different political stripes come together in support of a common cause without feeling alienated? Why is an issue like poverty "owned" by one political party?
I consider myself a conservative, but I consider myself an American and a human being first. When people whom I normally agree with screw things up, I call them on it. Yet the people in these cities apparently don't. Newark keeps drinking the Kool-Aid, electing the same people with the same ideas, slipping down the poverty list (along with the "Places Never to Visit Unless it's the Airport" list) and wondering why.
We've talked a lot about "change" in this country recently, but there's a much more important catchphrase that we've neglected: "All politics is local." Maybe instead of focusing so much on who we put in charge of our country, we should focus more on who we put in charge of our cities.
Oh, and before I forget. The hateful politician who suggested that we should be "driving" or "leading" the poor out of poverty? It was Benjamin Franklin.
Good thing he never tried to run for mayor of Newark
History of my world pt. 2
My parents still live in Keller, Tx. My brother works for Wringly gum and lives in Oklahoma City. My sister is a Senior at Harding and majoring in Human Resources. My wife, Audrey teaches 5th grade math and science here in Searcy. I have two children. Griffin is three and Addison is 1. This all the children we plan on having. I have worked at a bank here in Searcy for about 6 years now. I started off in the audit department and worked there for about three years. I was then promoted to be in charge of the financial statements for the bank. The bank currently has over 2 billion dollars worth of assets. We just bought antoher bank and when we merge that one, we will be over 2.5 billion. We have 69 branches, mostly located in the central to northwestern part of the state. This is a little back ground into my life to maybe give you an insight as to where my ideas are sort of coming from.
History of my world pt.1
I was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th , 1978. My dad worked for Wendy's in Dublin (a suburb of Columbus). In 1987 he was named regional director of finance and we had to move in the middle of my 3rd grade school year to Keller, Texas (a subrub of Dallas). I lived there until I graduated from high school in 1997. Keller is a great place to grow up. I met some of my closest friends that I still keep in touch to this day with. They mostly went to college at Texas A&M. My dad grew up in Chicago and raised me to cheer for the cubs, I don't know if that was a blessing or a curse, but hopefully this is the year that we can finally win the world series and end the 100 year drought. After college I went to school in Searcy, Arkansas at a private christain univeristy called Harding. Harding is affliated withe churches of christ. It was definelty a culture shock coming from Dallas to Searcy. It is a slower pace of life and less to do, but I did enjoy it. The rules were the hardest part but once you figured them out it was fine. Only 30% of the students from Harding were from Arkansas the rest were out of state. It was different going to school with people from all 50 states, each with their own personalities and characteristics. At Harding you are requied to live in the dorms all four years, which by your senior year you are ready to move out but looking back on it that is where some of my fondest memories come from. Slip N Slip in the hall ways, flooding the prison style bathrooms and floating on intertubes, to all night 007/NCAA football tournaments. Because of these unique experiences it was a fun time. The hardest part for me was the difference between churches of christ in other parts of the country. My church back home had musical intrumental service, a women's youth minister, and a praise team. In some churches of christ these things were meant you were on the road to hell. For those of you not raised in the churches fo christ, each church is self runned and do not report to a governing body (ex. SBC). This makes each church different from the next one. Depending on which region of the united states you come from and the people making up the church this leads you to make decisions that might be different than others. This was a biggest change for me and really made me study and learn what I believed, not just what my parents had taught me. I played soccer at Harding for four years. I married a girl from Searcy, which is on of the things I said I would never do but ending up doing. After college I planned on moving back to Dallas with my wife Audrey. I was going to work for a public accounting firm and she was going to teach school. We got an apartment and when I told her that she would only have to travel one hour to work and that I would travel about 90 minutes to work I could see in her eyes this was going to be a hard move for her. So I decided to move to Searcy and try living there for a few years and see how that went. That is how I ended up a Texan living up in Arkansas.
In the Begining...
I have been reading others peoples thoughts and ideas for years and finanlly decided to write down and share mine with the world. Even though I only graduated from college 6 years ago it seems like I am decades removed from the world of technology, especially on blogs, facebook, and myspace. It seems like I graduated a few years before this became a popular past-time and after college I went to work with people that are 20 years older than me that didn't blog or use social networking websites. Another factor is that I live in Arkansas, a rural state not known for it's technological advances. When I was in college only a few people even had cell phones. This is a crazy thought for me, that so much has changed in such a small amount of time. It seems the older I get the more I can relate to more and more people. Listing to my little sister who is a senior in college talk about facebook I started to understand how my grandparents feel when computers came around. I hope you enjoy reading about my thoughts on life.
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