Subject: Sports » Football (Page 14)

Everyone is unhappy at times, even my wife. Only she doesn't get interviewed about it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Dance with the one what brung ya.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

Emotion disappears about the sixth time that guy hits you in the mouth and you realize those tears in your eyes are not because of dear old alma mater.

American football coach

Three things can happen when you put a [foot]ball in the air – and two of them are bad.

(1915 – 1987) American football player and coach

I'm not surprised. The referee is a fine Catholic fellow by the name of Patrick Murphy.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Here’s a guy who when he runs, he moves faster.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.

professional football player

[Punter] Bill Bradley kicks them so high and so short you can't run them back; you have to fair catch every one. Us coaches call that the punt of no return.

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

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

College football coach

I made a collect call to the Lions after they drafted me and they wouldn’t accept it.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

Distance running to a professional athlete in my day was five laps around the field. And you stopped each lap to take your pulse.

American football player

Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season… one word and one word only – Super Bowl.

football coach

I don’t know what he has… a pulled groin… a hip flexor… I dont know… a pulled something;  I never pulled anything… you can’t pull fat.

American football coach

They say losing builds character. I have all the character I need.

American football coach

I’m not dropping a bar of soap in the shower near [kicker] Garo Yepremian.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor

Football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

My kryptonite.

American football coach

Whenever they gave him the game ball, he ate it.

American football player

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

professional football player

If I'm having brain surgery, I'll be darned if I want that surgeon playing for a tie.

American college football coach

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

American football player