Memorable quotes
From NFL Coaches, Players and Fans
players and Coaches
Bill Parcells
Coach, on rookies- "Some of these guys don't look like they're going to make it...they have that brook trout look".
Peyton Manning
"Pressure? Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing".
Dan Hampton, Bears
On injury list categories doubtful, questionable and probable- "They ought to call it weaseling out, wimping out and squirreling out".
Jerry Glanville
On 300 pound Tackle Lincoln Kennedy- "He can be a great player in this league if he learns to say two words: I'm full".
Max McGee, Packers
"When it's third and 10, you take the milk drinkers, I'll take the whiskey drinkers"
Mike Ditka, Bears
On quarterback Jim McMahon's shoulder surgery- "The shoulder surgery was a success, the lobotomy failed".
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Russ Francis
Patriots Tight End- "If defensive tackles IQ's were 5% lower, they'd be Geraniums".
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Bill Hargrove
Steelers Announcer - "The Steelers/Ravens rivalry is so intense it shouldn't be played on a field in the afternoon, but in a dark alley at midnight.
Joe Namath
"I don't know if I prefer artificial turf or grass, I never smoked artificial turf".
Bill Cowher
Steelers Coach- "We are not attempting to circumcise the rules".
Sam Wyche, Bengals
When cussing about a players poor game performance- "Get somebody fresh in there...even if he's bad".
Buddy Ryan
Bears/Eagles coach on running back Ernest Jackson- "Trade him for a six-pack, even if it's warm".
Mike Golic
Browns/Eagles Defensive Tackle- "If you're mad at your kid, teach him to be a nose tackle or send him to play in the freeway...it's pretty much the same thing".
Steve McMichael
Bears Defensive Tackle- "Ten thousand bucks if ya knock Montana out of the game, I don't care if you hit him with a whiskey bottle as he gets off the bus".
Jim Finks
Saints Owner (mindful of league rules against referee bashing)- "I am not allowed to talk about the lousy officiating".
Coach John McKay, Bucs
John McKay
After a loss- "We didn't block anyone and we made up for it by not tackling".
John McKay
"We stunk. We blocked bad, we were terrible on defense, and our kicking game was absolutely horrible. I saw nothing that delighted me... although we ran onto the field pretty well".
John McKay
On fan mail - "It was about three to one that I am not an SOB, but there were a lot of ones".
John McKay
On his first win after 26 straight losses- "Now 3 or 4 plane crashes and we're in the playoffs".
John McKay
On annual road games to Green bay- "If a contest had 97 prizes, number 98 would be a trip to Green Bay".
John McKay
After a game when the media asked what he thought about his team's execution- "Put me down as being all for it".
John McKay
"If you have everyone back from a team that lost ten games last year, I'd say experience isn't too important".
John McKay
After a game when the media asked about his team's execution- "Put me down as being all for it".
John McKay
After playing Joe Namath- "We knocked him around some, but we were too nice to him. One guy stood around him long enough to get his autograph".
John McKay
"Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corcky is emotional as hell and can't play football worth a damn".
John McKay
"Emotion is highly overrated in football. My wife Corcky is emotional as hell and can't play football worth a damn".
John McKay
"Kickers are like horse manure, they're all over the place".
NFL Fan quotes
Rodger Howells
"Never date within the division"
Evan Hewey
'There are only two reasons an NFL quarterback is a backup for a long-time, one - they play behind a hall of famer, two - they just suck".
Rodger Howells
"Yes, I date, but only between the Super Bowl and the next pre-season".
famous people
Dennis Miller
Comedian/broadcaster, during the Lions 0-16 season- "The Lions are so bad they might lose on their bye week".
Phylis Diller
Comedian- "The reason why women don't play football is because you'd never get 11 of them to wear the same outfit in public".
D. Enberg/B. Trumpy
NBC, on Leon Lett's Super Bowl XXVII fumble at the one yard line - Enberg: "Leon Lett is now looking for a hole to hide in". Trumpy: "Well he'd better dig a big hole".
Erma Bombeck
Writer- "Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to make and are consumed in 12 minutes; halftime is 12 minutes, and that is no coincidence".
L. Halse-Anderson
Writer- "The same boys who got detention in middle school for beating the crap out of people are now being rewarded for it. They call it football".
Erma Bombeck
Writer- "If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally brain dead.".
Craig Ferguson
TV Star- "I like football. I find it an interesting strategic game. It's a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving".
Ian Rapoport
Boston Globe- "Christian Ponders draft stock has soared. I know I said 'first rounder' earlier today, but I was talking about his girlfriend".