Subject: Sports » Football (Page 9)

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

American college football coach

The New York Jets have been given permission to sell Girl Scout Cookies.

(1947 – ) comedian & television host

If he wanted me to run 26 miles through the hills, I would. If he wanted me to carry water bottles, I would. If he wanted me to get my hair cut like his… well, you have to draw the line somewhere.

American football player

The NFL, like life, is full of idiots.

football broadcaster

For his salad, you just pour vinegar and oil on your lawn and let him graze.

American football player

… 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

The pads don't keep you from getting hurt. They just keep you from getting killed.

American football player

The best way to die is to sit under a tree, eats lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer and blow up.

(1925 – ) American professional football player

The only way that Miami will beat Florida St. is if they outscore them.

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

To Dallas Cowboys President Tex Schramm: You're one of the two most efficient organizations in the 20th century.

Schramm: What's the other?

Cook: The Third Reich.

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

All quitters are good losers.

German-American football coach

 I want a school my football team can be proud of.

(1905 – 1998) botanist, author & University of Oklahoma president

He had a God-given killer instinct.

professional football owner & coach

Football kickers are like taxi cabs… you can always go out and hire another one.

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

I don't mind starting the season with a bunch of unknowns. I just don't like finishing a season with a bunch of them.

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

He couldn’t spell cat if you spotted him the C and the T.


Our goal is to score 27 points. If we can get two touchdowns and three field goals, we’ve got our 27 points.

(1937 – ) American football coach

Hawaii doesn’t win many games in the United States.

Indiana University football coach & sports commentator

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

(1941 – ) columnist, commentator & editor

They may have regained all 40 yards… in fact, they may have.

You draw Xs and Os on a blackboard and that's not so difficult… I can even do it with my left hand.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach