Did Someone Say "Say Cheese"?

"I think I'm just delirious because of the heat.
So I'm just smiling right now."

Washington Redskins linebacker Marcus Washington,
on why he looked so happy after practice.

SOURCE: Washington Post, August 3, 2006,
Training Camp Tracker, Quotable, page E3.

Where's my Leisure Suit?

"They are ugly uniforms. The only redemption was
that they were lightweight."

Astros' manager Phil Garner, on the rainbox jerseys
that Houston wore as part of Retro Day in San Diego.
He was on the 1986 team that wore similar jerseys.


SOURCE: Washington Post, August 4, 2006, Around
the Horn, Quotable, page E7.

Ticket, Please!

SPORTUGESE: TICKET - VT

Used by Dolphins offensive lineman to describe being beaten
for a sack, as if a blocker were just an usher taking tickets
("Man, Dwight Freeney really ticketed you on that play.")

"I got it from my college coach. We'd watch tape and
somebody would get beat, and he'd be like 'Ticket, please.' "

Miami Dophins guard Vernon Carey

SOURCE: ESPN the Magazine, August 28, 2006, The
Jump Squawk (The Wide Words of Sport), p. 50

Is There a Lie Detector in the House?

"Naturally, I'm going to get a hold of Sheriff White and tell him
honestly what happened, not what these crazy idiots that work
for him are writing down."

Bobby Unser, after he and Al Unser, Sr. were arrested for
ignoring an Abuquerque police roadblock on Unser Boulevard.


SOURCE: ESPN the Magazine, August 28, 2006, The Jump
Squawk, (The Wide Words of Sport), page 50.

Too Touchy-Feely For Me!

"I don't mind - except when I'm coming out of the shower."

Elton Brand, Clippers forward, on owner Donald Sterling's
practice of hugging Brand every time he sees him.


SOURCE: The Sporting News, May 8, 2006, "They Said It",
page 24.

Is There a Lawyer in the House?

"If that had been me, I'd still be lying there. I would have owned a
percentage of that team."


Joe Horn

New Orleans' Saints receiver, on the mishap in which the Tennessee
Titans' mascot ran into the Saints' Adrian McPherson with his golf
cart.

SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun, August 21, 2006,
"They Said It", page 2C.

A 1948 What?

"If he would have said '78 Impala or something like that,
I think I would have known. That's too far back for me."


Jason Ferguson

Dallas Cowboys' nose tackle, after Bill Parcell's compared
him with a 1948 Packard.


SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun, August 20, 2006,
"They Said It", page 2D

Golfing 101

"Well, they're not actually great reading material."

Michelle Wie, 16-year-old pro golfer, when asked
after being penalized two strokes for a violation
in the Women's British Open, if she would read
the Rules of Golf.


SOURCE: The Sporting News, "They Said It",
August 21, 2006, page 28.