Subject: Sports » Football (Page 13)

He knocks the hell out of people, but in a Christian way.

professional football player & coach

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

American basketball 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

Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Our goal is to score 27 points. If we can get two touchdowns and three field goals, we’ve got our 27 points.

(1937 – ) American football coach

Jack Del Rio and myself are very similar except he's really good looking and was a great player. Other than that we're very similar.

American football coach

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

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

We stunk… we blocked bad… we were terrible on defense and our kicking game made up for it by being absolutely horrible; I saw nothing that delighted me, though we ran on the field fairly well.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Every man’s life, liberty, and property are in danger when the Legislature is in session.

(1782 – 1852) American statesman, senator (Massachusetts) & writer

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

If the Super Bowl is really the ultimate game, why do they play it again next year?

American football player

The bus leaves in an hour – anyone who needs a shower, take one.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I know their mother… she'd give them all my plays.

college football coach

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

(1930 – 2017) American journalist & author

Let me know if Cain is able.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

If Marc Bulger throws an interception in Sun Devil Stadium and nobody is there to see it, is it still an interception?

American sports writer

If my quarterback runs, I'll shoot him.

American football coach

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

professional football & TV commentator

Baseball players are smarter than [American] football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the pitch?

American baseball pitcher

You want a messenger boy, call Western Union.

American football player

There were times I felt like leaving the stadium and hitchhiking home.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach