Subject: Sports » Football (Page 11)

The only difference between me and General Custer is that I have to watch the films on Sunday.

College football coach

I have a lifetime contract. That means I can't be fired during the third quarter if we're ahead and moving the ball.

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

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

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

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

(1961 – ) American football player

What’s one more torpedo in a sinking ship?

American football player

You want a messenger boy, call Western Union.

American football player

Let me know if Cain is able.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

 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

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

If there’s a pileup, they’ll have to give some of the players artificial insemination.

(1919 – 2006) American sports announcer

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

(1930 – 2017) American journalist & author

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

American football player

The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract.

professional football player

If you lose your best cornerback and punter, I’d say that’s a double loss.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

The NFL, like life, is full of idiots.

football broadcaster

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

They say a tie is like kissing your sister; I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

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

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

professional football player & coach

I remember in Pittsburgh we had no players and the ones we did have wanted to stay at the hotel by the fire. I was ticked because that's where I wanted to stand.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

The only way that Miami will beat Florida St. is if they outscore them.

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