Here are some quotes taken from sport celebrities that are bound to send you into a state of shock. Some are surprising, whilst others are just simply amusing. Enjoy!

“I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, and wear Reebok.”
-Shaquille O’Neal, American basketball player

“I’m going to eat his children.”
- Mike Tyson to Lennox Lewis before their fight. Lewis responded by telling the media that he did not have any children.

“Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.”
- Dan Duva, Boxing promoter, on Mike Tyson hooking up again with Don King

“When I step onto the court, I don’t have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It’s like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems.”
-Michael Jordan, American basketball player.

“My dad has always taught me these words: care and share. That’s why we put on clinics. The only thing I can do is try to give back. If it works, it works.”
-Tiger Woods, one of America’s most successful golfers of all time.

“Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.”
-Oscar Wilde, Irish writer.

I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.”
-Shaquille O’Neal, in response when asked by a reporter whether he visited the Parthenon in his trip to Greece.

“I’m the best. I just haven’t played yet”.
-Muhammad Ali talking about his golf game

“Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -a desire, a dream, a vision.”
-Muhammad Ali

“Every kid around the world who plays soccer wants to be Pele. I have a great responsibility to show them not just how to be like a soccer player, but how to be like a man”.
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