Subject: Sports » Football (Page 6)

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

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

They let you chase girls, they just don’t let you catch them.

Brigham Young University football player

He runs like a camel… a really pissed off camel.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

Come on Sandy, baby, loosen up, you’re too tight.

American football player

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

I’m not allowed to comment on lousy officiating.

professional football general manager

The fat lady might have cleared her throat, but she hasn't sung yet.

Texas Tech football coach

You either have to finesse 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty, or 11 who weren't smart enough to play offense.

Clemson quarterback

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

American football coach

Notre Dame is the only team in the country that never plays a road game.

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

This is something that probably doesn't happen in Tom Landry's office.

American football coach

I play football… I’m not trying to be a professor; the tests don’t seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven’t been through in school.

Clemson football recruit

Football isn’t a contact sport, it’s a collision sport; dancing is a contact sport.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and 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

Could he run? Are you kidding? He had more moves than Mayflower Van Lines.

Tennessee 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

Let's go out there and win one for the quipper.

(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

Colleges spend more money on the promotion of the Heisman than the Pentagon spends on toilets.

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