Aussie Rules.

Originally posted by stevo ↑

Who said Aussie Rules footballers aren't SMART!!
'I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.'(Shane Wakelin).
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'Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy likeNorman Einstein'(Mick Malthouse - Collingwood).
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'I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.'(Peter Bell - Fremantle - on his University Law studies). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'You guys line up alphabetically by height.' and 'You guys pair up ingroups of three, then line up in a circle.'(Barry Hall Sydney Captain at training).. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Brock Maclean ( Melbourne ) on whether he had visited the pyramids during his visit to Egypt :'I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.'
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(THIS IS PRICELESS!!!!)'He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless ofwhat time it is.'(Kevin Sheedy on James Hird). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jonathan Brown, on night Grand Finals vs day games'It's basically the same, just darker.'
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Ron Barassi talking about Gary Cowton 'I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?'He said, 'Barass, I don't know and I don't care.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Barry Hall ( Sydney ) when asked about the upcoming season: 'I want to kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first.'
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'Luke Hodge - the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago'(Dermott Brereton).
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'Chad had done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator.'(Mark Williams).
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At least this one could have been ironic? 'We actually got the winning goal three minutes from the end but thenthey scored.'(Ben Cousins, West Coast Eagles). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.'(Luke Darcy).
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'That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which was identical.'(Dermott Brereton).
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'Sure there have been injuries and deaths in football - but none of them serious.'(Adrian Anderson).
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'If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.(Andrew Demetriou)
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'I would not say he (Chris Judd) is the best centreman in the AFL but there are none better.' (Dermott Brereton). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'I never comment on umpires and I'm not going to break the habit of alifetime for that prat.' (Terry Wallace).
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Garry Lyon : 'Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?'David Swartz: 'On what?'
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'Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.' (Dermott Brereton).

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These sound too much like original Colemanballs from soccer gaffs in the UK in an earlier era. I think theyve been adapted to AFL figures.