Chad Johnson made plenty of noise this spring about wanting out of Cincinnati, but after talking to his spiritual advisors --Ray Lewis, Deion Sanders and his grandmother -- he decided that playing for the Bengals wasn't so bad. The $10,000-a-day fines for missing mandatory practices probably had something to do with that.
Yesterday, Johnson, who could soon be officially known as Mr. Ocho Cinco, appeared on PTI, and in addition to talking about all the offseason silliness, he also touched on the Beijing Olympics. Specifically, swimmer Michael Phelps, who apparently wouldn't stand a chance in the pool against Johnson ... at least according to Johnson:
"The problem with Michael Phelps is there's no competition where he is," Johnson said. "Now if he came to where I'm from, which is the inner city, Liberty City (in Miami), I was the three-time Charles Hadley Pool champ." When co-hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon chuckled, Johnson said, "Don't laugh. ... I know a couple people who could beat Michael Phelps right now. Seriously, I'm telling you. And I'm one of them."Before signing off, Mr. Ocho Cinco added this: "Hey, I love y'all, man. I'm tellin' you, enjoy the season -- don't talk about me because if you talk about me, I'm comin' to look for you."
So, um, watch your back Tony and Willybuns?
Hat tip: PFT
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-14-2008 @ 12:13PM
tony whittington said...
I say you set Phelps and Ocho Dumbass up in a water race and let him back his big mouth up!
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8-14-2008 @ 1:07PM
Jesse said...
Unless Chad can straight up run across the top of the water im pretty sure Phelps could beat him swimming with just his legs or swimming backwards ah why am i wasting my time on something this stupid.... wouldnt wanna see the race anyway cause Chad might want to be traded to a different pool or feel like the pool cleaners feel he is the "virus" and start whining again.....
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8-14-2008 @ 7:47PM
Doug said...
Funny how you deleted the most important part of that quote. He said "Don't laugh" and then made a (very valid) point that there are tons of inner-city kids that could be great swimmers if they had access to the kind of money and coaching most of these olympic atheletes have. I'm not much of a CJ supporter, but you took that quote completely out of context to suit your argument.
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8-17-2008 @ 12:20AM
Gene said...
i think ocho is right though
i dont think phelps will stand a chance against those liberty city cats niko bellic will definitely kick his ass
hell he may not even be able to beat roman
but in all seriousness why do we keep seeing carson palmer wearing lions gear i believe that this is the second time i have seen him where something that says lions on it(look closly at his neck) i dont know
does he want to go to the lions they are just a poor man's bengals, no d no o-line, little running game and two great recievers
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