Tom Kennedy, Bethpage, N.Y.: Oscar Gamble talking about how surprised Yankees free agents were about the reality of The Bronx Zoo: "They come here and they don't believe it be like it is, but it do."
Mike Toriello, New York City: Graig Nettles to Sparky Lyle after the Yankees acquired Goose Gossage: "You went from Cy Young to sayonara."
Brian Donohue, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Yankees catcher Ron Hassey: "Physically I'm fine, but mentally I'm day-to-day."
Travis Patterson, Summerville, S.C.: Tommy Lasorda marveling at the modern training room: "When I was playing we had one old guy called a trainer. All he had was a bottle of rubbing alcohol and he drank most of that by the seventh inning."
Ethan, Berkeley, Calif.: Abe Lemons, at the press conference announcing his hiring as basketball coach at Texas: "This year, we hope to run and shoot. Next year, we hope to run and score."
Justin, Somerville, Texas: Kruk's T-shirt at spring training after his battle with testicular cancer. The front read, "If you don't let me play..." and the back said, "I'll take my ball and go home."
Tess, Ft. Collins, Colo.: Patrick Roy responding through the media to comments made by Jeremy Roenick: "I can't hear what Jeremy says because my ears are blocked with my two Stanley Cup rings."
Glenn McCready, Bayside, N.Y.: John Madden doing a Redskins game during "The Hogs" days: "Look at that guy's helmet, it looks like a used car."
Paul Healy, Philadelphia: Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, when a game in Cleveland was postponed due to heavy fog rolling in off of Lake Erie: "That's what you get for building a ballpark on the ocean."
Jim, Church Hill, Tenn.: Mike Ditka when he was negotiating a new contract with Chicago Bears owner George Halas: "Halas was throwing quarters around like they were manhole covers."
Kathleen, Minneapolis: Hockey coach Herb Brooks: "You play worse and worse every day and right now, you're playing like it's next month."
Paul Lacks, Minneapolis and Ryan, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta: Twins manager Ron Gardenhire on his team's recent poor play: "We'll have different people in there tomorrow. We're going to give everybody a chance to look bad."
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