--- title: "1 Did Life Quotes By Deacon Jones" description: "1 Did Life quotes by Deacon Jones. Plus more from Deacon Jones and more Did Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/deacon-jones-18845_best-football_memory-is-what-you-did-life-is-what-you_3161172.png" --- > [Memory is what you did. Life is what you're doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/memory-is-what-you-did-life-is-what-you-re-doing/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/deacon-jones-18845_best-football_memory-is-what-you-did-life-is-what-you_3161172.png) ## More by Deacon Jones > [If you feel like you want to die, it's time to sit down and make a list of all the things you haven't done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/if-you-feel-like-you-want-to-die-it-s-time-to-sit-down-and-make-a/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/i-believe-that-if-you-die-trying-to-be-your-best-the-world-is-still-a/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [The problem a guy who lies all the time faces is he never can tell when anybody else is telling the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/the-problem-a-guy-who-lies-all-the-time-faces-is-he-never-can-tell/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [Be patient with the negative people of the world. Take a moment to think how they are helping you clarify your own thinking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/be-patient-with-the-negative-people-of-the-world-take-a-moment-to/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the NFL. "Sack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/i-did-come-up-with-the-term-sack-to-describe-the-devastation-i-was/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [There are all kinds of smiles. On the football field I mostly used the one where the hawk spots the dove.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/there-are-all-kinds-of-smiles-on-the-football-field-i-mostly-used-the/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [And so now you think society is to blame for the mess you made of yourself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/and-so-now-you-think-society-is-to-blame-for-the-mess-you-made-of/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [I reserve the right to change my mind. But once I decide on something, I'm going to need a good reason to switch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/i-reserve-the-right-to-change-my-mind-but-once-i-decide-on-something/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [When I was a teenager, I was so dumb my mamma knocked me off the porch with a broom. You wish you had so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/when-i-was-a-teenager-i-was-so-dumb-my-mamma-knocked-me-off-the-porch/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [The only rules not meant to be broken are those of love and virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/the-only-rules-not-meant-to-be-broken-are-those-of-love-and-virtue/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [I never was very big on praying for victory. For God to give a big win to the Denver Broncos, wouldn't He have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/i-never-was-very-big-on-praying-for-victory-for-god-to-give-a-big-win/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I will prepare myself. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/somebody-told-me-when-abe-lincoln-was-a-young-man-studying-by/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [I developed a term that is used in the game right now called sacking a quarterback. Sacking a quarterback is just like you devastate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/i-developed-a-term-that-is-used-in-the-game-right-now-called-sacking/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [It took me a long time to figure out that real big-time success comes from taking lots of small, ordinary steps in the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/it-took-me-a-long-time-to-figure-out-that-real-big-time-success-comes/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) > [Know the difference between famous and great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deacon-jones/know-the-difference-between-famous-and-great/) [Deacon Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deacon-jones/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/did-life/deacon-jones/#itemlist", "name": "1 Did Life Quotes By Deacon Jones", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Memory is what you did. 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