Breaking News: Derrick Rose is never going to play again

epatmythes

Love my Bulls, and I'm definitely a fan of Derrick Rose... the player... clearly, Derrick Rose the educated leaves much to be desired

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Brick

I think he got that from his Uncle Pete who gave 110%

illinifan912

the bulls need him if they want to move out of the first round of the playoffs

ClockworkAngel

The most annoying, overused, idiotic term athletes use over and over.

Goodsport40

Sigh.

greencrow

I decided to turn my life around 360 degrees.

BostonAmericans

C'mon - don't you recognize he went to the Yogi Berra school of math?

"Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical."

georgebailey2

The first thing that came to mind was the parody of 'The Natural"s motivational speaker scene in The Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat" but I couldn't find it on youtube. Mr. Burns brings in wringers (Mattingly, Strawbery, Clemens, Boggs, among others) to win the power plant softball league championship.
The training montages have several fun gags including a hypnotist instructing the team to give 110% effort. The hypnotised squad reply in unison "That's impossible, no one can give more than 100%, by definition that is the most anyone can give."

The hockey one is pretty good, though.

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Southsider

You know, on the flipside, this whole thing swings back the other way and now there are many adults who do not understand that percentages higher than 100% do exist. If you buy a card for $1 and sell it for $3, you have made 200% profit. Yet, you have people who will say - that's impossible, you can't have more than 100%....