Subject: Sports » Football (Page 3)

The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb; to be a back, you only have to be dumb.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

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

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

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

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

(1923 – 2013) American professional football coach

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

(1918 – 1990) football coach

If a contest had 97 prizes, the 98th would be a trip to Green Bay.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

When I was duck hunting with Bear Bryant, he shot at one but it kept flying.
"John," he said, "There flies a dead duck…"
Now, that's confidence.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Sports is the toy department of human life, and Monday Night Football is the largest attraction in the toy department.

(1918 – 1995) American sports journalist & television commentator

A coach isn't as smart as people say he is when he's wins, or as stupid as when he loses.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation; I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation.

Nebraska football coach

We’re not attempting to circumcise the rules.

football coach

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

professional football player

Sure, the home-field is an advantage — but so is having a lot of talent.

(1961 – ) American football player

 He can be a great player in this league for a long time if he learns to say two words: I'm full.

professional football & TV commentator

The pads don't keep you from getting hurt. They just keep you from getting killed.

American 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

It is better to give a lick than receive one.

American football player

Man's got courage. Man's got guts. And I don't think he'll be with us very long.

professional football & TV commentator

Penn State had less firepower than Sweden did in World War II.

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

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

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter