Who doesn't like a list, especially on a Monday morning when that's about all you can handle?Here is each Hall of Fame Inductees' best line from Friday night's ceremony in Springfield, Mass.:
Jerry Sloan: "Tom Boerwinkle ... 6-foot-11, built my backyard. When he bought the house behind me, I said: 'Tom, we were roommates one day and next day you're in my backyard looking out the window. He said 'I've got that figured out; I'll build a fence 6-feet-10, I can see over it and you can't.'
David Robinson: "There's a story about 10 lepers that were healed by Jesus. And one of them came back, fell on his knees before him and said thank you, and honored him and blessed him. I just want to say thank you. God has followed me in my career and he has blessed me and he has strengthened me and encouraged me. Anybody who knows me or anybody who has watched me, you have seen his hand in my life. My prayer is that he will walk with you as he has walked with me all through my life."
John Stockton: "There's a large group of people who have traveled over a thousand miles. Some from Alaska, some from Hawaii. Just to support me. You almost start laughing there because I think they actually came to see Michael (Jordan). He makes one big shot and everyone thinks he's kind of cool. I don't get it."
C. Vivian Stringer: "I grew up in a small, coal-mining town. This is the most unusual, unexpected thing in the world. Because I grew up in this place called Edenborn and it's not even on the map. And it isn't. ... Seldom did they travel beyond 50 miles. But I had dreams. Big dreams. I remember watching the soap operas sometimes and wondering, 'Who are those people that actually dress in suits and gowns at 12 o'clock in the afternoon?' I don't know anyone like that."
Michael Jordan: "(Owner) Jerry Reinsdorf. The next year I come back. I broke my foot, I was out for 65 games. I came back; I wanted to play. He and the doctors came up with this whole theory I could only play seven minutes a game, but I was practicing two hours a day. I'm saying ... well, I don't agree with that math. ... I just wanted to win. I just wanted to make the playoffs. ... So I had to go into his office and sit down with him. I said, 'Jerry, I think I should play more than 14 minutes, I'm practicing two hours.' He said, 'M.J., we have to protect the long-term investment.' I said; 'Jerry, I really think I should be able to play.' At that time, there was a 10 percent chance I could reinjure my foot. He said, 'If you have a headache and you have 10 tablets and one of them is coated with cyanide, would you take it?' I looked at him and I said: 'How bad is the headache? Depends on the headache.' Jerry looked at me and said: 'That's a good answer, you can go back and play.'"
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