Subject: Sports » Football (Page 7)

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

(1913 – 1970) football coach

The shoulder surgery was a success; the lobotomy failed.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach

In order to resemble William Perry, we have rented a Winnebago for our offensive line to practice against.

American football player, coach & college athletics administrator

We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

You've got to think lucky; if you fall into a mud hole, check your back pocket – you might have caught a fish.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Rugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen; soccer is a gentlemen's game played by beasts; football is a beastly game played by beasts.

The older you get, the faster you ran as a kid.

professional football player & coach

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

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

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

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

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

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

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

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

American football player

It was cool, man, but I’m a little depressed they didn’t have a buffet.

300+ pound American football player

Urban should know. Almost 30 of his players have been arrested over the years, so he apparently knows a bad guy when he sees one.

sports reporter

I don't think he's got much of a future here, because I plan on going to all the games.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Detroit’s so bad this year they might lose their bye week.

(1953 – ) comedian, political commentator and television & radio personality