Subject: Sports » Football (Page 3)

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

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

It's like embalming. Nobody likes it, but somebody has to do it.

American football player
Football Sports

You want a messenger boy, call Western Union.

American football player
Football Sports

We are not going to be any three-clouds-and-a-yard-of-dust team.

football coach
Football Misspokements Sports

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

professional football player
Football Sports

 I want a school my football team can be proud of.

(1905 – 1998) botanist, author & University of Oklahoma president
Education Football Misspokements School Sports

It's not whether you win or lose, but who gets the blame.

American football player
Football Sports

Tom Landry is such a perfectionist that if he were married to Dolly Parton, he’d ask her to cook.

American football player
Football Sports

Playing football in the morning is like eating cabbage for breakfast.

Football Sports

[Coach Vince] Lombardi treats us all the same… like dogs.

professional football player
Football Sports

He is not in a union; he can carry the ball as many times as we want him to… anyway, the ball doesn't weigh that much.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

I feel like I’m the best, but you’re not going to get me to say that.

professional football player
Football Misspokements Sports

We get no respect. Everybody we play on the road has made us their homecoming game.

Indiana University football coach & sports commentator
Football Sports

The shoulder surgery was a success; the lobotomy failed.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach
Football Misspokements Sports

I had an advantage – I slept with his mother.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Children Family Football Mothers Sports

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

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

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
Football Sports

Consistently, he’s not able to do that all the time.

Football Misspokements Sports

A genius in the NFL is a guy who won last week.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports

Remember: Super Bowl is the biggest day of the year for pizza delivery… so no matter what happens in the game, Peyton Manning wins.

(1974 – ) American comedian & impressionist
Football Sports

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
Football Sports