American football Quote by Gene Doucette

“Bullets an stuff be flying all over. It is something I simply cannot understand - why in hell is we doing all this, anyway?…

— Winston Groom

“Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”

— George Will

“Every time I try to play by rules I get smashed into the ground.”

— Rebecca Forster

“I don't know much about football, but when I see one player take his opponent down with a gruesome flying tackle, I can’t help…

— Shauna Cross

“Once again, there was talk of winning every game, and once again, we proved to be human, because an oblong ball takes funny bounces.”

— Michael Pinball Clemons

“It's just a base hit, people. It means nothing unless we put a string of them together.”

— Barry Lyga

“Football is not a matter of life and death... it's much more important than that.”

— Bill Shankly

“football is like life - it requires perserverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”

— vince lombardi

When the President of the United States comes out and says, 'If I had boys, I wouldn't let them play tackle football,' that's a…

— Tom Herman

“Sometimes, you must play by the rules. If only so one can break them more effectively.”

— Maya Rodale

“within that meticulous preparation there co-existed a high degree of expression, always bearing in mind that this is football, that players must think in…

— Guillem Balague

“Maybe creatures that are not like each other are supposed to hurt each other to find out which one is stronger, so that the…

— Isaac Marion