Nfl Quotes - Page 16

• Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.

  Ian Shoales

  Funny, Football, Player

  Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

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• He was kind of a fringe NFL guy. Some people think in the right situation he might have stuck for a bunch of years. The reality is he didn't, and he took, I guess, chicken parts and made chicken salad.

  Pat Sperduto

  Reality, Thinking, Years

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• I'm definitely going to bounce back, I don't doubt that one bit. The thing about this is you have to expect that when you're a back my age. You can't feel slighted if someone says that because it's a reality that it's abnormal for a guy my age to still be starting in the NFL. I can accept that. I still understand what the truth is to me, and that's what I believe. I don't really care what people say.

  Curtis Martin

  Believe, Reality, People

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• Look it, let me put it to you this way. The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Stupid, Blood, Games

  "The Classless NFL Culture". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. Jan 19, 2007.

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• Find out what the other team wants to do. Then take it away from them.

  George Halas

  Team, Want, Team Building

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• The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.

  Bill Walsh

  Practice, Organization, Coaching

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• They say a tie is like kissing your sister. I guess that is better than kissing your brother.

  Lou Holtz

  Sports, Brother, Kissing

  "Girls' Basketball: Redondo Beats Mira Costa and I Think About Lou" by Anthony Stitt, latimesblogs.latimes.com. January 31, 2008.

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• Today, you've got a decision to make. You're gonna get better or you're gonna get worse, but you're not gonna stay the same. Which will it be?

  Joe Paterno

  Decision, Get Better, Today

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• Our goal is to work against things we have not seen that we will see in the near future.

  Nick Saban

  Goal

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• It's rare to have a best friend who is also your brother and also an NFL football player, and he knows exactly what I'm talking about.

  Eli Manning

  Football, Brother, Player

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• I've always seemed to have my best performances when I'm under the most pressure.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Pressure, Performances, Best Performance

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• You can't turn the ball over and expect to win.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Winning, Balls, Turns

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• As a kid, I always wanted to obviously win a Super Bowl. Now that I've got one, it's like, 'Now what?' Let's go get another one!

  Aaron Rodgers

  Kids, Winning, Super Bowl

  "Q&A with ... Packers QB Aaron Rodgers: 'Let's go get another one'". Press conference, www.sportingnews.com. February 7, 2011.

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• No one prepares to lose ... we prepare to win.

  Andrew Luck

  Winning, Loses

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• There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine.

  Frank Leahy

  Life, Imagination, Shortcuts

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• Even though they are paid differently, everyone has to feel appreciated.

  Roger Staubach

  Appreciated, Feels, Paid

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• Going after the QB is like playing king of the mountain. When you get the QB, you're on top of the mountain.

  Joe Greene

  Kings, Mountain

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• What made it so special were the players. They were some of the most outstanding men I have ever been around in my life. The coaches were truly professionals. I wish the 49ers nothing but the best. I am thankful to the York family for having given me the opportunity to be a head coach in the NFL. I am indebted to them for that. I am also thankful for the Faithful fans, I am just sorry I couldn't give them more.

  Mike Singletary

  Sorry, Opportunity, Player

  "49ers fire coach Mike Singletary". www.foxnews.com. December 26, 2010.

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• I consider adversity being good sometimes you know.

  Brett Favre

  Adversity, Sometimes, Be Good

  "Sunday Conversation" with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• I know how difficult my rookie year in the NFL was and I know how competitive this sport is.

  Troy Aikman

  Sports, Years, Rookies

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• The biggest issue about the height factor is the bias that the NFL has about it.

  Doug Flutie

  Issues, Height, Bias

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• We are stronger together than we are alone.

  Walter Payton

  Together, Stronger, Stronger Together

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• The reason of football is not to be the best but to be the best team

  Barry Sanders

  Football, Team, Being The Best

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• I dedicate myself and work hard in the weight room and treat every practice as if it were a game.

  Adrian Peterson

  Hard Work, Practice, Games

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• I run angry. Football allows me to take out some of my pain on the field.

  Adrian Peterson

  Football, Running, Pain

  "Adrian Peterson Credits His Parents' Tough Discipline for His Success" by Meghan Keneally, abcnews.go.com. September 15, 2014.

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