Author: John McKay

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
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Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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I don't think he's got much of a future here, because I plan on going to all the games.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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Maybe that will distract the Falcon quarterback.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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You guys don't know the difference between a football and a Mercedes-Benz.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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Jerry's a nice kid, but so's my wife… and she's no quarterback.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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Everyone is unhappy at times, even my wife. Only she doesn't get interviewed about it.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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The only problem with doing the impossible is that everybody expects you to duplicate the impossible.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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As a person gets older he doesn't get faster. Our quarterback will run from fright or lack of protection.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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Hold when you're at home and don't hold when you're on the road.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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The bus leaves in an hour – anyone who needs a shower, take one.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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They were absolutely horrible and that’s the best thing I can say. Besides that they were bad.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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With so many Super Bowl rings, maybe they'll all retire and go into the jewelry business.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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When I was duck hunting with Bear Bryant, he shot at one but it kept flying.
"John," he said, "There flies a dead duck…"
Now, that's confidence.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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We’ve broken down the expansion teams and they’ve averaged winning 2.7 games their first year, which to me is rather difficult. I figured out the 2, but the .7 has got me wondering what the hell is going on.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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You usually wind up staying up all night, or until your best player comes in.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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Underdog, overdog, hotdog; I guess you want to be an underdog – but an underdog with the best team.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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He's not twins.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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It’s shattering when a player loses interest in camp. When you lose your interest in standing around eating steaks you lose everything.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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I had an advantage – I slept with his mother.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach
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