Subject: Sports » Football (Page 10)

Punt returns will kill you quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

The older you get, the faster you ran as a kid.

professional football player & coach

We didn’t have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

The wrong quarterback is the one that’s in there.

I’m going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time.

professional football coach

Our strength is that we don’t have any weaknesses; our weakness is that we don’t have any real strengths.

College football coach

I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.

American football player

I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.

professional football player

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

I really just have to see a picture of the Chicago Bears once a week and I don't miss anything.

American football player

You want a messenger boy, call Western Union.

American football player

What’s the toughest thing in a professional football game? … Its being the mother of the quarterback.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

If I didn’t enjoy gloating so much, I wouldn’t do so many interviews.

American football coach

Vicodin and vodka — the breakfast of champions.

(1918 – 1990) football coach

This is good because up until now, the only channel to find 24-hour coverage of the NFL players was Court TV.

(1963 – ) television host & comedian

A genius in the NFL is a guy who won last week.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Baseball players are smarter than [American] football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the pitch?

American baseball pitcher

There aren't many secrets in coaching…. well, there's one secret: Get a guy like Warrick Dunn, throw him a screen pass and watch him run 52 yards with it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I'm not surprised. The referee is a fine Catholic fellow by the name of Patrick Murphy.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Playing football in the morning is like eating cabbage for breakfast.