Subject: Sports » Football (Page 8)

Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer

I keep a picture of O. J. Simpson at my side at all times to remind me of the days when I knew how to coach.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Tighten the loose ends and loosen the tight ends.

American football player

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

Indiana University football coach & sports commentator

It’s weird… people say they’re not like apes; now how do you explain football then?

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

They whipped us like a tied up goat.

Texas Tech football coach

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

American football coach

With so many Super Bowl rings, maybe they'll all retire and go into the jewelry business.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

To win, I’d run over Joe’s mom too.

professional football player

The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb; to be a back, you only have to be dumb.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

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

American football coach

You guys don't know the difference between a football and a Mercedes-Benz.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

college football player

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

We'll have an offensive team and a defensive team, and the other team will be in charge of carrying me off the field.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

It was an ideal day for football – too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

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

I remember in Pittsburgh we had no players and the ones we did have wanted to stay at the hotel by the fire. I was ticked because that's where I wanted to stand.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

professional football player & coach

Losing the Super Bowl is worse then death… you have to get up in the morning.

(1918 – 1990) football coach