Those soccer style kickers have a difficult time getting the ball up, especially off dirt. They can get the ball up fast enough off artificial surfaces, but when it's on a natural grass surface it's entirely different for them. — George Blanda Copy Share Image
I hate when people lump me in with kickers that lasted a long time. I have respect for guys like Morten Andersen, but I was a football player, not just a kicker. — George Blanda Copy Share Image
I had six brothers and four sisters and I competed with my brothers every day when I was a kid. If you lost in… — George Blanda Copy Share Image
I retired one year in 1959. But then I realized I wanted to play more. — George Blanda Copy Share Image
I don't believe in getting mad if a guy misses a block and I get hit. I don't yell at the players. Everybody gets… — George Blanda Copy Share Image
Back when I was playing I enjoyed studying films, looking for new trends in the game and examining the new players who came along. — George Blanda Copy Share Image
What happened last week doesn't matter. That's history. You have to make history every day. — George Blanda Copy Share Image
Halas was a great coach, but the only problem I had with him, the problem all the players had with him, was that we… — George Blanda Copy Share Image
I don't like being compared to other kickers. Kicking, I've always felt, was my weak suit. The only area of kicking I was really… — George Blanda Copy Share Image
The one record I was happy to get rid of was the one for the most interceptions, when Brett Favre got that one. — George Blanda Copy Share Image
