Subject: Sports » Football (Page 13)

First year, a .500 season – second year, a conference championship – third year, undefeated – fourth year, a national championship – and in the fifth year, we’ll be on probation, of course.

1913 – 1983) American college football coach

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

professional football player

Normally in Chicago, you always have some kind of weather.

Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen; soccer is a gentlemen's game played by beasts; football is a beastly game played by beasts.

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

You want a messenger boy, call Western Union.

American football player

After indulging in some heavy, late-night research with scholarly friends, Bobby was driving back to his hotel, innocently enough, when he was sideswiped by several empty cars lurking at curbside.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

I’m fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.

wife of coach Don Shula

The best way to die is to sit under a tree, eats lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer and blow up.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

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

College football coach

He's not twins.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

They didn't hesitate: Wendy's, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Burger King.

Denver Bronco team nutritionist

I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.

Australian football player

The Bears aren't very genteel; some teams tend to remove the football from you, the Bears remove you from the football – it's much quicker.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

Could he run? Are you kidding? He had more moves than Mayflower Van Lines.

Tennessee football player

Detroit’s so bad this year they might lose their bye week.

(1953 – ) comedian, political commentator and television & radio personality

They say losing builds character. I have all the character I need.

American football coach

Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

The 49ers were so badly flattened that they didn't fly back to San Francisco, they were faxed.

American sports columnist

The guy in front of me got number 76 and the guy behind me got number 78.

American football player & coach