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Howie Long

(1960) Basketball Player United States

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Howie Long is a basketball player from the United States, best known for Football for dummies.

Quick Facts About Howie Long

Born: January 6, 1960
Nationality: United States
Profession: Basketball Player
Notable works: Football for dummies

About Howie Long

Howard Matthew Moses Long is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Raiders franchise. He played college football for the Villanova Wildcats and was selected by the Raiders in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft, spending his first season with the team in Oakland and the remainder of his career in Los Angeles. Long received eight Pro Bowl and three first-team All-Pro selections while helping the team win Super Bowl XVIII. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Pro Football Hall of Fame National Football League 1980s All-Decade Team Newspaper Enterprise Association Defensive Player of the Year Award

Quotes by Howie Long

I looked at Randy White... I looked at Klecko. I looked at Gino Marchetti. I looked at a lot of players. Bob…

Bear

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As a broadcaster, I've always taken the approach that I want to be informed. I want to understand. It's easy to mail…

Always

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There is no easy way to greatness in any venue. But if you work hard, good things will inevitably happen to you.

Easy

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My poor wife, we stopped on the way back to the suite after our wedding reception so I could pick up a…

Bread

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Professional athletes, like it or not, have a responsibility to the kids of America.

America

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My grandmother is the type of person, I'd be down playing cards in the park, and she'd take the dog and walk…

Cards

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I really enjoy my time in Montana.

Enjoy

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I have this dying desire to be on top. I'm paranoid about it. It's almost a sickness.

About

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For a while here in L.A., we had a problem with the wave. They didn't quite know when to wave.

Here

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I had a mental block. I didn't think I could be successful at right end.

Block

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I'm never one to question people's courage.

Courage

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I like John Riggins. He's one of the guys I look up to. He doesn't try to change his act to suit…

Change

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Lack of enthusiasm in the stands tends to be less inspirational on the field. It doesn't send the chills down your spine.…

Enthusiasm

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The Raiders hit straight up. And thats the way we expect to get hit.

Expect

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I just play hard-hitting football, but at least I look the opponent in the face before I hit him.

Face

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It's not like I'm a Buddhist or anything, but I think we've all got, to a certain extent, a predestined life. My…

Buddhism

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For me, coaching in the NFL doesn't fit. I coach high-school football, so I get my fix.

Coach

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When I went to the Hall of Fame in 2000 and was inducted, it was a travesty the kind of carnage I…

Carnage

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I just want to make a few action movies.

Action

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I'd never played on a team until high school. It gave me a sense of belonging, a focus, and helped build my…

Confidence

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Unfortunately, everyone thought that Teri Hatcher was my wife. Matter of fact, I would be with my wife, holding my wife's hand…

Ball game

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I was sick a lot, and doctors told my grandmother I'd never grow up to be big and strong. Isn't that ironic?

Big

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Interestingly enough, on every team there's usually a minimum of two and a maximum of seven knuckleheads on a roster.

Enough

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I know I'm lucky to be where I am.

Am

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You know, most of my friends are either dead or in jail. There were a lot of tragedies.

Dead

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Howie Long by topic

Football (15) Never (10) Time (9)