The Worst Quotes Ever By Athletes
There are some athletes, coaches and executives who wish they didn't open their mouth at times. The quotes will live with them forever. These are the worst quotes in sports history.
25. Nick Saban (2006)
"I'm not going to be the Alabama coach". At the time Saban was coaching the Dolphins and said he would not be Alabama's next coach. Well, two weeks later he took the job at Alabama.
24. Ichiro Suzuki (2007)
"If I ever saw myself saying I'm exciting going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face". The Mariners Ichiro Suzuki (told via his interpreter), took a jab at Cleveland during MLB All-Star festivities.
23. Patrick Ewing (1999)
"People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money; but what they don't understand is that we need a lot of money because we spend a lot of money". Patrick Ewing said this during the NBA labor negotiations and many found it tone deaf by a millionaire athlete.
22. Sean Avery (2008)
"It become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds". It was a crude line referring to others dating his ex-girlfriends.
21. Dwyane Wade (2010)
"You all are going to make it seem like the World Trade (Center) just went down again." The Heat star made a bad analogy during the Heat's losing streak.
20. Jim Mora Sr. (2001)
"Playoffs? Don't talk about- playoffs?! I just hope we can win a game". The colts coach made a memorable rant after a loss.
19. Donald Sterling (2014)
"It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people... don't bring them to my games". The LA Clippers owner was recorded saying this horrible quote. It led to him being forced to sell the tema.
18. Bob Knight (1988)
"I think that if r**e is inevitable, relax and enjoy it." Bob Knight had this appalling analogy in an interview with Connie Chung about handling stress. It was extremely insensitive.
17. Dennis Rodman (2013)
"[Kim Jong-un] is a great guy... he loves basketball, and he's interested in building trust and understanding through sport." The ex-NBA star raised some eye brows by praising North Korea's dictator after visiting him.
16. Charles Barkley (1997)
"Yeah, I regret we weren't on a higher floor." Charles Barkley said this about an incident when he threw a man through a first-floor window during a bar dispute.
15. Mike Tyson (2000)
"I want to rip out his heart and feed it to him... I want to k**l people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children." Well this was a post fight interview about Lennox Lewis after a fight.
14. Lance Armstrong (2005)
"If you're trying to hide something, you wouldn't keep getting away with it for 10 years. Nobody is that clever." This is how Lance Armstrong denied doping allegations. Ironically, he he was doping the whole time.
13. Fuzzy Zoeller (1997)
"Tell him not to serve fried chicken next year... or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve." The golfer made this bad joke about Tigers Woods at the Masters after he won.
12. Mike Gundy (2007)
"Come after me! I'm a man! I'm 40!". The Oklahoma State football coach unleashed a rant defending one of his players from a newspaper column.
11. Ozzie Guillen (2012)
"I love Fidel Castro... I respect Fidel Castro, you know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill him for the last 60 years, but that [expletive] is still there." At the time he was the Miami Marlins manager. The Cuban community in Miami did not take it well.
10. Al Campanis (1987)
" I truly believe [African-Americans] may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager or general manager". The Dodgers GM made this racist assertion when asked why baseball had so few black managers.
9. Jason Kidd (2000)
"We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees." Kidd mad a humorous mistake on trying to make a confident statement.
8. Dennis Green (2006)
"The Bears are who we thought they were!.. and we let 'em off the hook!". The Cardinals coached erupted in a fiery postgame tirade after blowing a lead to the Bears on Monday Night Football.
7. Marge Schott (1996)
"Everything you read, when [Hitler] came in he was good... but he just went too far." The late Reds owner sparked outrage with this comment on ESPN about Hitler being a good leader.
6. Allen Iverson (2002)
"We talking about practice. Not a game... Not the game that I go out there and die for.. We talking about practice,man. The star press-conference rant became iconic for being so serious but comedic.
5. Dan Gilbert (2010)
"I personally guarantee that the Cleveland Cavaliers will win an NBA championship before the self-titled former 'King' wins one." Dan Gilbert put out this letter when LeBron left for Miami. Well, LeBron one a ring.
4. Tim Hardaway (2007)
"You know, I hate gay people... I am homophobic. I don't like it. It shouldn't be in the world or in the United States." The retired NBA All-Star made these remarks on a radio show and of course it didn't go over well.
3. Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (1988)
"The black is a better athlete to begin with.. he's been bred to be that way... during slave trading, the owner would breed his big woman so that he would have a big black kid." This was said on CBS and was met with a ton of backlash.
2. Matt Hasselbeck (2004)
"We want the ball, and we're going to score." The Seahawks QB said with full confidence after winning the OT coin toss in a 2003 playoff game against the Packers. He threw a pick 6 to lose the game.
1. John Rocker (1999)
"The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners... how the hell did they get in this country?" The Braves closer made a shocking rant with a Sports Illustrated interview and became public enemy number 1 in New York.