Terrell Owens Crying: Teary-Eyed Athletes in Modern Sports

When it comes to Terrell Owens, nothing he does should shock anyone. But when he became teary-eyed and pleaded for fans not to blame his quarterback Tony Romo, fans saw a different side to him. Recently, Senator Hillary Clinton became teary-eyed during her presidential campaign.

Here are 3 other athletes who have been known to give a good old cry. Crying is most common for athletes when they lose a big game or call it quits to the end of their sports career.

Dick Vermeil is known throughout the sports world as being a huge crier. He is perhaps the most emotional coach in the history of football or for any sport for that matter. He cried when the Rams won the Super Bowl after beating the Tennessee Titans, 23-16 and he also cried when he announced his retirement from coaching football after he had coached the Kansas City Chiefs following the St. Louis Rams. During his Super Bowl celebration, he had celebrated with quarterback Kurt Warner as Vermeil was overcome with joy. At his retirement speech press conference, he was overcome with emotion, joy and sadness as he announced the end of his coaching career in pro football, a game he had given most of his life towards.

Mark Messier is right up there with Dick Vermeil for being known as a prolific crier. During his days with the New York Rangers, he cried when his team won the Stanley Cup as he skated with it around the ice rink. When he finally retired, the New York Rangers gave him a very lovely press conference on the New York ice rink with a red carpet, literally rolled out on the rink for him to speak. Mark Messier had played his entire career with the New York Rangers and it was a very emotional moment for him as all of the fans in attendance who came to see him one final time stood up and applauded him. His standing ovation was several minutes long and during those minutes, Messier could not hold back tears for the fans that have stood by with him over the years and watched his every game and loved him as their own. Messier also thanked the fans and team and thanked God for making him a Ranger.

Andre Agassi was not known as being an athlete who cries until his final game of his career. During the 2006 U.S. Open, Andre Agassi made one final attempt to win his last trophy as he pulled off a series of stunning upsets before finally losing. Upon his loss, the fans gave him a standing ovation and he thanked the fans for supporting him. Agassi had been the number one tennis player in the world for many years as he and Andy Roddick had many fierce games on the tennis court.