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> [Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gifford/before-the-first-year-nobody-gave-it-a-chance-now-36-years-later/)

[Frank Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gifford/)

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## More by Frank Gifford

> [We started out as boss and player, and Wellington was almost like my father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gifford/we-started-out-as-boss-and-player-and-wellington-was-almost-like-my/)

[Frank Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gifford/)

> [Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gifford/pro-football-is-like-nuclear-warfare-there-are-no-winners-only/)

[Frank Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gifford/)

> [Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gifford/rosie-is-a-hall-of-fame-player-and-i-wouldn-t-be-in-the-hall-of-fame/)

[Frank Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gifford/)

> [I was the law and order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gifford/i-was-the-law-and-order/)

[Frank Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gifford/)

> [It is wonderful... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gifford/it-is-wonderful-steve-and-dan-took-professional-football-to-a-whole/)

[Frank Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gifford/)

> [I had three stages of knowing Wellington Mara. He was my boss for a long time and he was a father figure. And finally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gifford/i-had-three-stages-of-knowing-wellington-mara-he-was-my-boss-for-a/)

[Frank Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gifford/)

> [Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gifford/before-the-first-year-nobody-gave-it-a-chance-now-36-years-later/)

[Frank Gifford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gifford/)

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