Subject: Sports » Football (Page 2)

Never was a man more aptly named.

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

It took three guys to bring down Baltimore Colts tight end John Mackey and the lucky ones fell off.

(1921 – 2005) American broadcaster

He treats us like men; he lets us wear earrings.

college football player

It's like embalming. Nobody likes it, but somebody has to do it.

American football player

Frank Leahy was here [Notre Dame] for three years and went to war; I think sometimes that would be a welcome relief to get away from the pressures.

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

Well the frog men finally got Rosie.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corky is emotional as hell but can't play football worth a damn.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I've been big ever since I was little.

American football player

God's busy; they'll have to make do with me.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

We get no respect. Everybody we play on the road has made us their homecoming game.

Indiana University football coach & sports commentator

Sportscaster: The extra point is no good!

Robert Scott: Then it isn’t an extra point, is it?

I had a lifetime contract, but the administration declared me dead.

Clemson football coach

If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey.

American football defensive end

It’s shattering when a player loses interest in camp. When you lose your interest in standing around eating steaks you lose everything.

(1923 – 2001) American 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

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they’ve had a bad day.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

One player was lost because he broke his nose; how do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?

(1924 – 2012) American football player & 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

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I didn't quit football because I failed a drug test, I failed a test because I was ready to quit football.

American football player