It's a well-known fact that the Cleveland Browns still are looking for a franchise quarterback. They seem to need a fact-checker as well.
The Browns invested $5 million in renovating their training facility, which they unveiled in August. The complex is complete with famous inspirational quotes that symbolize the Browns' culture.
Except for the fact that the Browns either lied about or completely guessed on most of the authors of those quotes.
According to Deadspin.com, the organization misquoted most of the phrases posted on its walls. The report includes a video of Browns chief executive officer Joe Banner explaining the significance of a particular quote the team attributes to Ralph Waldo Emerson:
"There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn't matter who gets the credit."
Deadspin.com, however, found that the quote actually is from English novelist and essayist Charles Edward Montague and the actual quote is "There is no limit to what a man can do so long as does not care a straw who gets the credit for it."
Another passage Deadspin found on the Browns' facility walls that was misattributed was "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it" that the Browns said came from Thomas Jefferson.
Actually, the original passage appeared in 1947 in Readers' Digest, and the author was L.F. Emerson. The quote was "I'm a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have."
The facility quotes Mother Teresa as saying "Be faithful in small things, it is in them that your strength lies, but Deadspin.com reports that the official Mother Theresa website lists the quote as a passage she never said.
The comments also include misleading attribution to Abraham Lincoln and Gary Player.
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