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It’s Evander Doubletalk In an interview with the British Sports magazine Total Sport, former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield was asked:
“Is God telling you to quit?”
Answer: “That’s between God and me.”
Holyfield was also asked to comment on how he squares his religious beliefs with the fact he has fathered multiple children out of wedlock.
Answer: “I can understand how it looks. I can understand why people might think that I’m a hypocrite.
But who are they to judge me? I don’t judge anyone else.
“I have kids from four different women, but I am honest with my kids.
I tell them: `Your Daddy has made mistakes, but you don’t have to make the same mistakes because you are in a better situation. You have me to tell you this.”’
Sorry, wrong number
Scott Ostler in the San Francisco Chronicle, writing about athletes’ numbers being retired:
“In a very quiet ceremony, all of the NBA general managers got together and retired Dennis Rodman’s phone number.”
The burdens of fame Cynthia Cooper of the Houston Comets on journalists who cover the WNBA: “I am so tired of ignorant journalists interviewing me. Why should I have to beg and plead for attention? Some journalists, they just don’t care. They just don’t put in the effort to treat women with respect.”
Absence of pain is pleasure
British judo athlete Bob Willingham, in Total Sport magazine, says don’t knock judo’s choke and strangle holds, which can make opponents unconscious, unless you’ve tried them.
“As the strangle is applied, pressure is applied to the arteries, restricting blood flow,” he explained. “You’re fighting like mad, but you feel yourself going, there’s a slight dizziness - and before you know it, you’re out.
“When you come round, it’s a very pleasurable feeling.”
He’s no Jordan-maker
Retired NBA star Charles Barkley had this rip for commissioner David Stern in the Arizona Republic: “He’s overmarketed the league. He’s got too many young players who aren’t ready for prime time. The league has made a star out of every player who thinks he can play. Vince Carter is a nice kid and has talent. But NBC can’t make him Michael Jordan.”
The last word …
“Most heavyweights don’t have much heart. It seems like the bigger the body, the smaller the heart.”
- Famed fight trainer Emanuel Steward