John Madden

Baseball has better opening days and All-Star Games than the N.F.L. does. Ours stink.

— John Madden

I'm sure that had I not been a coach, I would have been some form of a teacher.

— John Madden

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

— John Madden

When you have great players, playing great, well thats great football!

— John Madden

When its raining the field gets wet, then all of a sudden everyones running slower.

— John Madden

Usually the team that scores the most points wins the game.

— John Madden

In order for this team to win the game, the quarterback has to throw the ball.

— John Madden

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

— John Madden

It's been the video game ever since I got out of coaching. Even when I was an announcer, fewer and fewer people…

— John Madden

Well, when you're playing good football, it's good football and if you don't have good football, then you're not really playing good…

— John Madden

Real frontier-busting math explores new worlds . . . . If you can communicate that experience, somewhere between math and uncertainty, life experience provides the balance.

— John Madden

The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings,…

— John Madden

I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think…

— John Madden

There was a hidden narrative I felt we could get into, It's about an accessible world. Family and relationships are accessible subjects.

— John Madden

“There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade just in case they…

— John Madden

In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had…

— John Madden

I tried golf for a while, but I wasn't very good at it, so I didn't play a lot of golf. I…

— John Madden

There is a difference in being in shape and being in football shape. Any one can out on the field and run…

— John Madden

Guess what the Redskins have? You know, I take the bus to the games, we park in the parking lot where the…

— John Madden

When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything…

— John Madden

I've got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to all the games. You always have…

— John Madden

When I got out of coaching, I had taught a class at the University of California, an extension class on football for…

— John Madden

If you play the video game, you become more interested and you want to know more about it. You want to read…

— John Madden

Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and…

— John Madden

If the quaterback throws the ball in the endzone and the Wide Receiver catches it. Its a touchdown.

— John Madden

To get more yards, it's best to move the ball from the line of scrimmage down the field.

— John Madden

Whenever you talk about a Mike Shanahan offense, you're always going to be talking about his offense.

— John Madden

If this team doesnt put points on the board I dont see how they can win.

— John Madden

I've never eaten just a few bites of things I liked in my life.

— John Madden

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

— John Madden

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

— John Madden

Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else.

— John Madden

If you lose your best cornerback and punter, I'd say that's a double loss.

— John Madden

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

— John Madden

When you have great players, playing great, well that's great football!

— John Madden

Usually, the team that turns the ball over less will hold on to the ball more

— John Madden

When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.

— John Madden

Playing in this nice weather really makes me remember all the times I got stung by a bee.

— John Madden

To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

— John Madden

at the end of the game the team with the most points on the board is going to win.

— John Madden