FOOTBALL QUOTES

quotations about football

Football quote

What's the toughest thing in a professional football game? It's being the mother of the quarterback -- toughest thing.

JOHN MADDEN

MNF Football promo, Sept. 7, 2006


When you win, nothing hurts.

JOE NAMATH


When in doubt, punt!

JOHN HEISMAN


Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

VINCE LOMBARDI


Gangs all here for the throw down
Rowdy crowd rocking the place
The NFL's beast in a show down
Fired up and ready to play

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

"Game On"


Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

VINCE LOMBARDI


There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass.

DAN MARINO


Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

JOHN HEISMAN


If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

VINCE LOMBARDI


Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

GEORGE WILL


I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important --like a league game or something.

DICK BUTKUS


Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

ROGER STAUBACH


The thing about football -- the important thing about football -- is that it is not just about football.

TERRY PRATCHETT

Unseen Academicals


Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

VINCE LOMBARDI


Baseball is fathers and sons. Football is brothers beating each other up in the backyard.

DONALD HALL

Fathers Playing Catch with Sons


The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

JOHN MADDEN


I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.

JACK TATUM


Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

VINCE LOMBARDI


This is a dirty business, that is why I go out and play with my heart. I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports. This is like a nine to five. No guaranteed contracts, and that is the worst thing about it.

TERRELL OWENS

interview, Jul. 8, 2004


Sure, the home-field is an advantage -- but so is having a lot of talent.

DAN MARINO