# Sports Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-quotes/250282>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 14, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-quotes/250282 "2004-06-14T14:03:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-quotes/250282/1 "2004-06-14T14:03:46Z")

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This one is for my husband - it’s been driving us crazy all weekend.

Some time back (no, I don’t know how far), there was an after game (not sure of the sport, either) press conference wherein a coach got into it with a reporter - the exchange was along the lines of the reporter saying “without me you don’t have a job” and the coach firing back with “what are you talking about? Without ME YOU DON’T have a job!!” Can anyone tell me who said it, what sport it was, and some general background?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-quotes/250282/2 "2004-06-14T15:45:16Z")

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Unfortunately, the best I can do is say that I’m reasonably sure the player in question is baseball player (pitcher?) Ed Lynch, and I think it happened in the 80s. I’ve heard the audiotape several times on Steve Dahl’s radio show in Chicago, but I never payed much attention.

It may not be much help, but it’s a place to start.