--- title: "4 Herb Adderley Quotes - Famous American football player" description: "Herbert Anthony Adderley was an American professional football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Fo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b147/author-herb-adderley-68946.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Herb Adderley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b147/author-herb-adderley-68946.jpg) # Herb Adderley (1939–2020) American Football Player **4** quotes in **36** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Herb Adderley was an American football player. ## Quick Facts About Herb Adderley Born June 8, 1939 Died October 30, 2020 Profession American Football Player ## About Herb Adderley Herbert Anthony Adderley was an American professional football cornerback who played for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 1980, he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ## Quotes by Herb Adderley > [Coach Lombardi had the nerve to draft me number oneAnd I said I have to repay this man for having the nerve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-adderley/coach-lombardi-had-the-nerve-to-draft-me-number-oneand-i-said-i-have/) Herb Adderley [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/herb-adderley-68946_coaches_coach-lombardi-had-the-nerve-to-draft-me_833469.png) > [Night Train Lane was the best defensive back to ever play the game. I tried to pattern my game after him because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-adderley/night-train-lane-was-the-best-defensive-back-to-ever-play-the-game-i/) Herb Adderley [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/herb-adderley-68946_brown_night-train-lane-was-the-best-defensive_1953077.jpg) > [The individual attention and care that I personally experienced and witnessed given to other players totally blew me away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-adderley/the-individual-attention-and-care-that-i-personally-experienced-and/) Herb Adderley [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/herb-adderley-68946_attention_the-individual-attention-and-care-that-i_2535824.png) > [I'm the only man with a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl ring who doesn't wear it. I'm a Green Bay Packer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-adderley/i-m-the-only-man-with-a-dallas-cowboys-super-bowl-ring-who-doesn-t/) Herb Adderley [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/400/herb-adderley-68946_bowls_i-m-the-only-man-with-a-dallas-cowboys-s_3118309.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-adderley/#itemlist", "name": "Herb Adderley Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Coach Lombardi had the nerve to draft me number oneAnd I said I have to repay this man for having the nerve to draft me number one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Herb Adderley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-adderley/coach-lombardi-had-the-nerve-to-draft-me-number-oneand-i-said-i-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/herb-adderley-68946_coaches_coach-lombardi-had-the-nerve-to-draft-me_833469.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/herb-adderley-68946_coaches_coach-lombardi-had-the-nerve-to-draft-me_833469.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/herb-adderley-68946_coaches_coach-lombardi-had-the-nerve-to-draft-me_833469.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Coach Lombardi had the nerve to draft me number oneAnd I said I have to repay this man for having the nerve…” — Herb Adderley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Night Train Lane was the best defensive back to ever play the game. 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