Subject: Sports » Football (Page 3)

Speed, strength and the inability to register pain immediately.

American football player

Old place-kickers never die, they just go on missing the point.

professional football kicker (once seen wearing a watch during a game)

I'm broke and I'm back.

American football player

I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

I don’t know. I only played there for nine years.

American football player

You guys don't know the difference between a football and a Mercedes-Benz.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I’m really happy for Coach Cooper and the guys who’ve been around here for six or seven years, especially our seniors.

college football player

I really just have to see a picture of the Chicago Bears once a week and I don't miss anything.

American football player

They were absolutely horrible and that’s the best thing I can say. Besides that they were bad.

(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

I told my team it doesn't matter… there are 750 million people in China who don't even know this game was played. The next day, a guy called me from China and asked, 'What happened, Coach?

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

If he wanted me to run 26 miles through the hills, I would. If he wanted me to carry water bottles, I would. If he wanted me to get my hair cut like his… well, you have to draw the line somewhere.

American football player

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

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

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

American football player

To win, I’d run over Joe’s mom too.

professional football player

Football coaches walk across the field after the game and pretend to congratulate the opposing coach; baseball managers head right for the beer.

American sportswriter

Well the frog men finally got Rosie.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

Baseball players are smarter than [American] football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the pitch?

American baseball pitcher

You want a messenger boy, call Western Union.

American football player

Playing middle linebacker is like walking through a lion's cage in a three-piece porkchop suit.

professional football player

They say a tie is like kissing your sister; I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

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