Subject: Sports » Football (Page 14)

The quarterback’s spending so much time behind the center that he may jeopardize his right to lead a Boy Scout troop.

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

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

Football doesn’t build character; it eliminates the weak ones.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

He knocks the hell out of people, but in a Christian way.

professional football player & coach

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

professional football player

I want little conversation and lots of hair on the floor.

(1923 – 2013) American professional football coach

I won’t know until my barber tells me on Monday.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

Jerry's a nice kid, but so's my wife… and she's no quarterback.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

Football is easy, if you're crazy as hell.

American football player

Kickers are like horse manure. They're all over the place.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I don't mind starting the season with a bunch of unknowns. I just don't like finishing a season with a bunch of them.

(1937 – ) football coach, sportscaster, author & speaker

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

Everyone is unhappy at times, even my wife. Only she doesn't get interviewed about it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I know their mother… she'd give them all my plays.

college football coach

God invented football so grown men would have something to do between wars.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

American basketball coach

Losing the Super Bowl is worse then death… you have to get up in the morning.

(1918 – 1990) football coach

Now that Im retired, I want to say that all defensive linemen are sissies.

American football player

You've got to think lucky; if you fall into a mud hole, check your back pocket – you might have caught a fish.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

We were tipping off our plays; whenever we broke from the huddle, three backs were laughing and one was as pale as a ghost.

professional football executive