Subject: Sports » Football (Page 14)

I’m a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start to eat.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

If the Super Bowl is really the ultimate game, why do they play it again next year?

American football player

Most football players are temperamental… that’s 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.

professional football player

There were times I felt like leaving the stadium and hitchhiking home.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quit football.

American football player

I made a collect call to the Lions after they drafted me and they wouldn’t accept it.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

This is something that probably doesn't happen in Tom Landry's office.

American football coach

He's a leading leader on this football team.

American football coach

Sure, luck means a lot in football; not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

(1930 – ) American football player & coach

To Dallas Cowboys President Tex Schramm: You're one of the two most efficient organizations in the 20th century.

Schramm: What's the other?

Cook: The Third Reich.

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

The bus leaves in an hour – anyone who needs a shower, take one.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

If it was, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.

college football coach

When it’s third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time.

professional football player

The place was so empty, they could have had archery practice.

American football coach

To win, I’d run over Joe’s mom too.

professional football player

It was an ideal day for football – too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

Football kickers are like taxi cabs… you can always go out and hire another one.

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

The shoulder surgery was a success; the lobotomy failed.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach

With so many Super Bowl rings, maybe they'll all retire and go into the jewelry business.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

If you’re mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It’s about the same.

professional football player

It does not take a rocket scientist to coach a professional football team, but, of course, I was one of the few who happened to be a rocket scientist.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach