Subject: Sports » Football (Page 2)

Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.

American football player

I don't think he's got much of a future here, because I plan on going to all the games.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

It is committee meetings, called huddles, separated by outburst of violence.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

He's great to the old guys. He's got one trainer just to treat varicose veins.

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

Because if it doesn't work out, I don't want to blow the whole day.

American football player

I'm broke and I'm back.

American football player

Motivation is simple — you eliminate those who are not motivated.

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

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

George Halas throws nickels around like man hole covers.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach

It’s shattering when a player loses interest in camp. When you lose your interest in standing around eating steaks you lose everything.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Sportscaster: The extra point is no good!

Robert Scott: Then it isn’t an extra point, is it?

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

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

professional football player & coach

Hawaii doesn’t win many games in the United States.

Indiana University football coach & sports commentator

The people of this country have allowed football to get completely out of hand, and that’s fortunate for my bank account.

(1918 – 1995) American sports journalist & television commentator

 If you're a coach, NFL stands for "Not For Long."

professional football & TV commentator

Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.

(1918 – 2001) American sportswriter, commentator & actor

It's like my ex-wife… 21 different personalities and seven of them hated me.

American football coach

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

football coach