Subject: Sports » Football (Page 5)

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

(1923 – 2013) American professional football coach

One player was lost because he broke his nose; how do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

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

American football coach

I just wrap my arms around the whole backfield and peel 'em off one by one until I get to the ball carrier… him I keep.

professional football player

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

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

college football coach

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

Kickers are like horse manure. They're all over the place.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

There aren't many secrets in coaching…. well, there's one secret: Get a guy like Warrick Dunn, throw him a screen pass and watch him run 52 yards with it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

They may have regained all 40 yards… in fact, they may have.

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

When I played football, we were small, but we were slow. Our record was five and five; we lost five games at home and five on the road.

Texas businessman

I’ll probably take a little time off and go hide somewhere. We will be back. Maybe not this century, but we will be back.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

One thing I've learned over the years is sometimes if you make kicks early in the game, you don't have to make them late.

American football kicker

I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

(1913 – 2006) 36th U.S. president

To win, I’d run over Joe’s mom too.

professional football player

Dracula and LSU football are at their best after the sun goes down.

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

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

professional football player

If you can’t make the putts and can’t get the man in from second on the bottom of the ninth, you’re not going to win enough football games in this league, and that’s the problem we had today.

football coach