Subject: Sports » Football (Page 9)

We stunk… we blocked bad… we were terrible on defense and our kicking game made up for it by being absolutely horrible; I saw nothing that delighted me, though we ran on the field fairly well.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

Football coaches walk across the field after the game and pretend to congratulate the opposing coach; baseball managers head right for the beer.

American sportswriter

Virginia has already spent more on plugging Shawn Moore for the Heisman Trophy than Thomas Jefferson spent getting elected president.

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

I think they have to take this bunch down to the slaughterhouse to get weighed.

American football coach

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

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

What’s one more torpedo in a sinking ship?

American football player

It’s sort of like a beauty contest; it’s very easy to pick the top one, two, or three girls, but then the rest of them look the same.

professional football scout

It was cool, man, but I’m a little depressed they didn’t have a buffet.

300+ pound American football player

A coach isn't as smart as people say he is when he's wins, or as stupid as when he loses.

(1924 – 2012) American football player & coach

I want little conversation and lots of hair on the floor.

(1923 – 2013) American professional football coach

I'm broke and I'm back.

American football player

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

professional football player

The reason women don’t play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit in public.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I feel like I’m the best, but you’re not going to get me to say that.

professional football player

George Halas throws nickels around like man hole covers.

(1939 – ) American football player & coach

The guy in front of me got number 76 and the guy behind me got number 78.

American football player & coach

You usually wind up staying up all night, or until your best player comes in.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

college football player

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

(1888 – 1931) American football player & coach

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

Give each guy on the line an ax.

(1935 – 2012) American football player, sports announcer & actor