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".

Russ Francis

Patriots Tight End- "If defensive tackles IQ's were 5% lower, they'd be Geraniums".

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".