Controversial quotes from sports personalities – Controversy never took astray in the year 2014 when world’s top sports personalities let their mouth’s do the talking.
Controversy never took astray in the year 2014 when world’s top sports personalities let their mouth’s do the talking.
Just when the world praised the athletes for its dedication and hard work, there a few who let it rip off the field and attract many media eyeballs and take the social media ablaze.
When a sports figure or a player never shies away from speaking his or her mind, that’s where the media glare gets attracted to. Amidst the entire storm of controversies and over the top statements, we selected some handpicked ones that were not only divisive but also raking in the hits from media and fans.
Here are a few quotes from 2014 made by particular sports personalities that should never had been said in front of the mic:
Jose Mourinho’s Rant:
Start of 2014, Arsenal and manager Arsene Wenger were leading the pack of the EPL table. The French manager claimed that other Premier League bosses were playing down their title chances because they “fear to fail”. And when Mourinho knew about this, the former branded Wenger as a ‘specialist in failure’. Mourinho said, “I prefer to limit my show to the pitch. I pick the green grass over the red carpet, I’m more comfortable there. After the games, they show the goals, the assists, the chances. The nice saves aren’t remembered, even though you often risk to injure yourselves while doing those. If he is right and I am afraid of failure it is because I didn’t fail many times. Eight years without silverware, that’s failure. He’s a specialist in failure. If I do that in Chelsea, eight years, I leave and don’t come back.”
Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg feud:
Two best friends turned rivals on the Formula One track, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were childhood teammates and now representing the Mercedes F1 team at this season’s championship. Even though Lewis Hamilton walked away with the title, the feud between the duo was much speculated and attracted quite an eyeball. One of their famous quotes came when Lewis Hamilton stated that, “We are not friends, we are colleagues.” To this Nico Rosberg replied, “We’ve always been friends, we always will be friends. But friends is a big word. What exactly is friends? We have a good relationship and work well together.”
Cricketer Lou Vincent comes out as cheat:
Former New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent spent his twilight career playing for county or domestic leagues back home. But in June this year, the English Cricket Board sanctioned a life ban on Vincet for match-fixing, after the former admitted 18 breaches of the regulations including fixing the outcome of Sussex’s match against Kent in 2011, along with a fellow cricketer named Naved Arif. Later that month, Vincent came out with a statement saying, “My name is Lou Vincent and I am a cheat.”
Manuel Neuer attacks ‘underwear model’ Cristiano Ronaldo:
The FIFA panel selected Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer in the list for the FIFA Ballon D’Or award which is a prestigious prize awarded to the most high profile player who has had a good season prior to the announcement. When Neuer was asked by a German paper about CR7, here what the Bayern Munich stopper had to say. “Even though I’ve signed an endorsement deal with Adidas, I’m not the ambassador of a brand or a model that poses in his underwear.”
