Subject: Sports » Football (Page 5)

Football is a fertility festival: eleven sperm trying to get into the egg; I feel sorry for the goalkeeper.

(1965 – ) Icelandic singer-songwriter

I'm gonna ask the Falcons for so much money they'll have to put me on layaway.

American football player

They're a little bit like money. You don't want to die with them and give them to your kids, so you might as well use them if you need them.

American football coach

 If you're a coach, NFL stands for "Not For Long."

professional football & TV commentator

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

Maybe that will distract the Falcon quarterback.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Playing middle linebacker is like walking through a lion's cage in a three-piece porkchop suit.

professional football player

Place-kickers aren't footballers, they're hired feet.

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

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

(1913 – 1970) football 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

The NFL, like life, is full of idiots.

football broadcaster

We’re not attempting to circumcise the rules.

football coach

Now that Im retired, I want to say that all defensive linemen are sissies.

American football player

In Montana, they renamed a town after an all-time great, Joe Montana. Well, a town in Massachusetts changed their name to honor my guy Terry Bradshaw – Marblehead.

American football player & commentator

I’m not allowed to comment on lousy officiating.

professional football general manager

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

… when we came in at halftime we pulled off our socks and began putting iodine on the teeth marks in our legs.

American football player & coach

If you’re mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It’s about the same.

professional football player

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

 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

Normally in Chicago, you always have some kind of weather.