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

professional football coach

The (orange) uniforms were already picked out by the time I got here. I didn't give it too much thought until I saw our buses and I said, `My God, we're dressed just like that bus.'

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

If you have everyone back from a team that lost 10 games, experience isn't too important.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

You usually wind up staying up all night, or until your best player comes in.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

It was cool, man, but I’m a little depressed they didn’t have a buffet.

300+ pound American football player

Tom Landry is such a perfectionist that if he were married to Dolly Parton, he’d ask her to cook.

American football player

Colleges spend more money on the promotion of the Heisman than the Pentagon spends on toilets.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

Two kinds of American football players ain't worth a damn: one that never does what he's told and the other that does nothing but what he's told.

(1923 – 2013) American professional football coach

It took three guys to bring down Baltimore Colts tight end John Mackey and the lucky ones fell off.

(1921 – 2005) American broadcaster

He was the only man I ever saw who ran his own interference.

professional football player & coach

People say I'll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher.

American football player

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season… one word and one word only – Super Bowl.

football coach

Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in bad humor.

American football player & coach

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

Notre Dame is the only team in the country that never plays a road game.

(1931 – 2012) American college football historian & television commentator

The only problem with doing the impossible is that everybody expects you to duplicate the impossible.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Defensively, I think it’s important for us to tackle.

professional football player

They let you chase girls, they just don’t let you catch them.

Brigham Young University football player

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they’ve had a bad day.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

We stunk… we blocked bad… we were terrible on defense and our kicking game made up for it by being absolutely horrible; I saw nothing that delighted me, though we ran on the field fairly well.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer