Nfl Quotes · Page 17

Narcissism is a trait universally unappreciated by human beings, and NFL players fall into this human bucket.

— Gabe Kapler

If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.

— Bobby Bowden

Pros like myself played football not for money or glory, but for the simplest reason: the love of the game.

— Chuck Bednarik

I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house.

— Peyton Manning

I've had times where I walked up to the line, where I know the play, but don't know what to do.

— Tony Stewart

I couldn't be more grateful to be a part of the Sunday NFL Countdown family.

— Samantha Ponder

A good football coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog and a great quarterback - but not necessarily in that order.

— Bud Grant

My friends said, 'You're crazy, enjoy single life.' But that's not for me.

— Kurt Warner

My workout routine changed pretty dramatically in the NFL. Workout programs from college to the NFL are significantly different.

— Taysom Hill

Of all the awards given to NFL athletes, the Walter Payton Man of the Year is the one that stands out above…

— Kurt Warner

Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I've been blessed. I've had a fortunate, successful career in the NFL. It's been longer than I initially expected when I came…

— Nnamdi Asomugha

Nothing is a violent as football and I bet you like. Just say you don't like it, or can't identify, don't come…

— Michael Wilbon

I can't very well preach unity and tell the guys we're all in this together and everyone's important, then cut a guy…

— Tony Dungy

This is totally unexpected. I thought I'd be in the NBA or the NFL. I never thought baseball. It's kind of like…

— Carl Crawford

You've got to play with that killer instinct, man. You've got to hate that guy across from you. Then after the game…

— Chuck Bednarik

I spent the nights before the Jets' two biggest games last year - for the AFL championship and the Super Bowl -…

— Joe Namath

What shocked me, and what I wasn't prepared for, was just how brutal and how unethical some people can be in the…

— Terry Crews

Well you always want to play against the best. That's what you're going to get in the Super Bowl. To go against…

— Russell Wilson

Few people get to earn a living at what they like to do and there are hazards in any profession. Football is…

— Dick Butkus

If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While…

— John Elway

My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some…

— Andrew Luck

The bottom line is that it's the NFL, and there's going to be competition wherever you go. That's the way I look…

— Scott Tolzien

I had no plan for that year but it wound up being one of the most important years of my football coaching…

— Pete Carroll

I'm pretty sure I could outrun the whole Dallas Cowboys team.

— Adrian Peterson

I don't really get too frustrated. I know I'm going to get the ball.

— Calvin Johnson

Terry Bradshaw couldn’t spell ‘cat’ if you spotted him the ‘C’ and the ‘A’.

— Thomas Henderson

Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally.

— Alfred Hitchcock

I would probably be a linebacker today. I wouldn't be carrying the ball 20 or 25 times a game.

— Bronko Nagurski

And as a football coach in the National Football League, I know for sure that it's going to end someday.

— Tony Dungy

If the quarterback throws the ball in the endzone and the wide receiver catches it, it's a touchdown.

— John Madden

I would do this for free as long as you're doing it for free.

— Deion Sanders

You want to win and you want the [NFL] ring. But when you win and you get the ring, you never really…

— Michael Strahan

And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.

— Tony Dungy

I admire every kicker in the NFL. I know how hard it is to be successful on a week-in-week-out basis.

— Stephen Gostkowski

We're professionals. We're NFL players. We get paid to do a job, to go out there and execute the plan.

— DeSean Jackson

I'm most proud of the fact I carried myself on and off the field consistently for what the NFL stands for.

— Will Shields

First become a winner in life. Then it's easier to become a winner on the field.

— Tom Landry

I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.

— Bill Parcells

I just always felt I'd be playing football in the NFL - or at least playing for a living.

— Kurt Warner