Nfl Quotes - Page 27

• I always used to tell my players that we are here to win! And you know what, Al? When you don't win, you lose.

  John Madden

  Funny, Player, Winning

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• See, well ya see, the thing is, he should have caught that ball. But the ball is bigger than his hands.

  John Madden

  Funny, Hands, Should Have

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• He might want to watch where he lands when tackling that guy, because he could really hurt his hand if it gets stepped on.

  John Madden

  Funny, Hurt, Land

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• Playing in this nice weather really makes me remember all the times I got stung by a bee.

  John Madden

  Funny, Nice, Weather

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• It's a big deal. ABC and MNF are a big part of NFL history, and it's going to end with the Super Bowl (on ABC). You can't say you're not looking forward to it .

  John Madden

  Looking Forward, Super Bowl, Ends

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• Vicodin and vodka the breakfast of champion's.

  George Allen

  Champion, Breakfast, Vodka

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• The one thing about the music business is that there is no rulebook. It's not like the NFL or something where there's four downs to get ten yards or baseball where it's three strikes and you're out.

  Zakk Wylde

  Baseball, Yards, Three

  Source: www.legendaryrockinterviews.com

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• There are a very few consistent, common threads among the most successful NFL quarterbacks. Most of them are intangibles, which you can't measure with a physical test. You need leadership ability, competitiveness, drive, and will. You need focus, poise, and charisma.

  Drew Brees

  Successful, Common Threads, Focus

  "A Half Dozen Questions for Drew Brees". Interview with John B. Thompson, www.gq.com. April 23, 2010.

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• I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year.

  Frank Deford

  Basketball, Football, School

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've just been training and working on my speed. I want to be faster, Everyone knows that the more speed you have the more of a threat you can be in the NFL. For me I have been working on my speed and being more explosive. Everyone knows I can get the 10- or 15-yard runs, but I want to have the 60- and 70-yard runs.

  Giovani Bernard

  Running, Training, Yards

  Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.

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• You don't realize how long that NFL season is. It's a long season, especially in your first year. Not only do you spend a lot of time preparing for the draft and working out, but they you have OTAs, minicamps, training camp, preseason games. By the time you get to week six you've already had one of the longest years of your football life and you still have 11 weeks to go, plus the playoffs.

  Giovani Bernard

  Football, Games, Years

  Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.

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• Every team in the NFL is hard, but when we play our own division it's a fight. Our goal is to make it to the playoffs and to do that we have to win games within the division. We match up well against this division, it's just a matter of getting on the field and doing what we know we can do.

  Giovani Bernard

  Team, Fighting, Winning

  Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.

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• I would have to say that first preseason game. Just to put the pads on as an NFL player for the first time. It's a humbling experience because you realize that you are here and now you have an opportunity to go to work and continue to better yourself as a player. It's what you work for as an athlete and you know once you get there the real work begins.

  Giovani Bernard

  Real, Athlete, Opportunity

  Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com. June 9, 2014.

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• I was the No. 1 player coming into college and I want to be the No. 1 player heading into the NFL. That's definitely one of my goals.

  Jadeveon Clowney

  Player, College, Goal

  Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com. May 8, 2014.

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• Fantasy football is actually an amazing American pastime, because it takes the ultimate team sport, NFL and football, and turns it into the quest for individual achievement.

  Jeff Schaffer

  Sports, Football, Team

  Source: deadline.com

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• Hollywood screenwriters tend to have the longevity of NFL running backs. So the truth is no one can put more pressure on us than we put on ourselves.

  David Benioff

  Running, Pressure, Hollywood

  Source: deadline.com

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• It has been my dream since I was just a little kid to play in the NFL ... I can't tell you how excited I am for this dream to come true.

  Mark Sanchez

  Dream, Kids, Play

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• I don't think the NFL has ever seen the likes of me, a quarterback who moves the way I do and throws the way I do. I'm not saying that with arrogance or anything. That is just how I feel.

  Michael Vick

  Moving, Thinking, Arrogance

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• I love football. I'll watch the NFL before I watch any NBA.

  Dwyane Wade

  Football, Nba, Watches

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• You have to use your mind n the NFL. Every player is smarter. Defensive backs bluff and disguise coverages to try to fool you.

  Chad Ochocinco

  Player, Mind, Trying

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• I want to make my mark in the NFL. This is the highest level, and this is where it goes down in history.

  Edgerrin James

  Levels, Want, Mark

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• This is totally unexpected. I thought I'd be in the NBA or the NFL. I never thought baseball. It's kind of like a surprise. I'm happy it happened.

  Carl Crawford

  Baseball, Nba, Unexpected

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• Guys ask me, 'Why are you always smiling?' Are you kidding? I'm in the NFL, that's why!

  Hines Ward

  Guy, Always Smile, Ask Me

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• I can be in the NFL as long as any other back. I went late in the draft because no one thought I could do it.

  Brandon Jacobs

  Long, Late, I Can

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• Sitting let me learn what the NFL is all about.

  Chad Pennington

  Sitting, Let Me

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