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Football Quotes by John Madden

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John Madden points out that the Dallas Cowboys use just two basic play types – passing and running. He warns that concussion problems stretch far beyond the NFL, affecting college and high‑school football too. He also shares how certain stadiums, like Lambeau Field, give him a special feeling whenever he visits.

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He would have scored a touchdown if he hadn't been tackled right there.

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If you lose your best cornerback and punter, Id say thats a double loss.

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Boom, boom, foom, poom! He just ran right at 'em!

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When you have great players, playing great, well thats great football!

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Usually the team that scores the most points wins the game.

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If this team doesnt put points on the board I dont see how they can win.

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You can't win a game if you don't score any points.

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When you have great players, playing great, well that's great football!

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You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.

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From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back.

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A team should never practice on a field that is not lined. Your players have to become aware of the fields boundaries.

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The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

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Discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it. Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as…

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Nothing jazzes me up like football. I've acquired more passion of the years, not less. Not to love it wouldn't make sense.

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Well, when you're playing good football, it's good football and if you don't have good football, then you're not really playing good…

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In order for this team to win the game, the quarterback has to throw the ball.

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Al Davis has been the biggest influence in my professional football life. I mean, he was a guy that gave me an…

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I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a football coach,…

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If you win a Super Bowl before you're fired, you're a genius, and everyone listens to you. But a coach is just…

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We need the quarterbacks. It's a passing league and a quarterback-driven league. We need the Peyton Mannings in football uniforms out there…

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It's been the video game ever since I got out of coaching. Even when I was an announcer, fewer and fewer people…

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I tried golf for a while, but I wasn't very good at it, so I didn't play a lot of golf. I…

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There is a difference in being in shape and being in football shape. Any one can out on the field and run…

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The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings,…

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We need to let the referee's sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They…

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Trip Hawkins - and this was the early 1980s - was saying there's going to be a day when everyone has a…

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Guess what the Redskins have? You know, I take the bus to the games, we park in the parking lot where the…

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If you play the video game, you become more interested and you want to know more about it. You want to read…

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To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

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He got up looking out of his earhole!

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The defense should be expecting a run or a pass here.

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Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

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If the quaterback throws the ball in the endzone and the Wide Receiver catches it. Its a touchdown.

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To get more yards, it's best to move the ball from the line of scrimmage down the field.

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

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Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else.

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If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

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In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had…

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Usually, the team that turns the ball over less will hold on to the ball more

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I wasn't saying that in a sense that I didn't plan on scoring any goals. This won't happen again. It would be…

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The Dallas Cowboys have 2 types of plays in their playbook. Passing plays, and running plays.

They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school…

If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to…

You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.

Here's a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.

Both of my sons used to coach high school football. When they started, I'd say things I shouldn't have. So I learned my lesson.

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

It's been the video game ever since I got out of coaching. Even when I was an announcer, fewer and fewer people remembered me…

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

As I look back now on my coaching career, I think of my family, I think of the days that we spent together. I…

Theyre either going to run the ball here or their going to pass it.

I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are…

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

I'd like to work with kids in special education - younger kids.

Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and don't let…