Subject: Sports » Football (Page 3)

There isn't anything wrong with winning ugly… as a matter of fact, there isn't anything wrong with being ugly – as long as you're successful.

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

We didn't lose many games, and we never lost a party.

American football player

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.

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

The Bears are so tough when they finish sacking the quarterback, they go after his family in the stands.

American football player

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

Maybe I have lost a step, but I had a few to lose.

professional football player

Statistics and records are baseball talk; they keep records like most times sliding into second base on a Tuesday.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

I’m not allowed to comment on lousy officiating.

professional football general manager

He's a leading leader on this football team.

American football coach

We are not going to be any three-clouds-and-a-yard-of-dust team.

football coach

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.


(1905 – 1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright & novelist,

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

If we hadn’t given them those first four touchdowns, it might have been different.

American football coach

Pain is only temporary, no matter how long it lasts.

American football player

It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.

1913 – 1983) American college football coach

Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and be dumb enough to think it’s important.

(1916 – 2005) American politician & poet

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

It' a once-in-a-lifetime thing that only happens every so often.

American football player

If lessons are learned in defeat, as they say, our team is really getting a great education.

American football coach

Opening games make me nervous; to tell the truth, I’d rather open with our second game.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach