Quotes & Sayings About Nfl

When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game, when you go to watch movies, the offering that those arenas are doing foodwise is 'all the hot dogs you can eat'; all the French fries you can eat; for $20 you can eat 20 hot dogs. — Jose Andres

They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school football and all football. — John Madden

Faith is a strong word in my life. That's one thing my mother has always stressed to me. — LaDainian Tomlinson

There is no primer for being an NFL owner. It is learn-as-you-go. — Jimmy Haslam

I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the NFL. "Sack the quarterback." That was nice. I thought it was lots better than saying, "Jones tackles the QB behind the line for another loss of yardage ... " It had a ring to it, and it caught on with the sports writers. But I tell you, doing it was a lot more fun than talking about it. — Deacon Jones

The victories are what I judge things on. — Andrew Luck

I give NFL quarterbacks a lot of leeway for a couple of years, — Steve Young

There are already gay players in the NFL and have been for a while. — Keyshawn Johnson

I've been running like this since I was seven. — Adrian Peterson

The key to his success? He's just faster than the guys chasing him. — Barry Switzer

Sixteen times a year, all thirty-two NFL teams give us what we're looking for: speed, skill, violence, fantasy league orgasms and a final score. No confusion. No doubt. No indecision. A winner and a loser. — Mike Barnicle

If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore. — James Patterson

This party is lame!" Braeden said loudly. "WOLVES, party at my dorm!" he yelled.
People cheered.
"Dude, how the fuck are you gonna fit all these people in your tiny-ass room?"
He grinned. "Sure as hell will be fun to try."
Out in front of the Omega house, there was hardly anyone around; they were all too busy in the back, checking out the drama. We were silent a moment. Then Braeden said, "You don't need them. You got more than enough talent to bring in the NFL on your own."
"Fuck," I muttered. "When did everything get so damn complicated?"
"When your life became about more than just football."
"You sound like Yoda." I grinned.
"It's the beer."
- Braeden & Romeo — Cambria Hebert

With my dad passing away, he's always watching me-a big smile on his face, watching every snap on the 50-yard line. — Russell Wilson

The NFL has been good to me. — Bill Parcells

I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten. — Bobby Bowden

Score a touchdown, kiss your tattoo. Kaepernicking! — Colin Kaepernick

You didn't want to bring home anything but an A or a B. To my mom, a C was like an F. — Calvin Johnson

The greatest decisions I've made in my life are by instinct. I remember when I hired Bill I had a lot of people telling me it was a mistake. But he and I had established a rapport in '96 when he coached the secondary. You need a coach that understands economics, that understands the impact of the salary cap and how to make those difficult decisions that allow you to sustain success over the long term. I don't think there's anyone better than Bill at doing that. — Robert Kraft

Concussions is one of these pack journalism issues, frankly. There's no increase in concussions. The number is relatively small. The problem is, it is a journalist issue. — Paul Tagliabue

I want to win four or five championship rings. That's how I dream. I dream big. — Adrian Peterson

I have to learn more in order to preserve my body. — Colin Kaepernick

I don't want to wake up and be bored. That's probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I've been on for a long time and had success with? I don't plan on giving it up any time soon. — Tom Brady

I really admire the job that not just coach Belichick has done but that Robert Kraft and his family have done, and the decisions that they made to let Bill do what he's capable of doing. I think it's a great illustration of a way to structure an NFL organization when you let the coach really run the thing. — Pete Carroll

A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL. — Eliot Spitzer

I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house. — Peyton Manning

Brother John and I had our ears glued to the radio. It was a Sunday afternoon in early December 1941, and our football Giants were getting pounded by the Brooklyn Dodgers, an NFL team that played from 1930 to 1943 in Ebbets Field, a faraway ballpark I'd never seen. So far as I was concerned, Brooklyn was on the other side of the moon. The Polo — Ralph Branca

That's the difference between the NCAA and the NFL right now. They've got to step up and say, 'We're going to do the right thing. We're going to hire qualified people. We're going to hire the best man for the job regardless of what boosters or anyone else has to say.' — Tony Dungy

The biggest thing, I think, is to stay healthy and make the fewest mistakes, and then you can win ... The margin of error is so small in the NFL, so if you can do those two things - keep your team healthy and make the fewest mistakes each Sunday - you have a good chance of going to the Super Bowl. — Hugh Douglas

The Refrigerator" Perry: "I've been big ever since I was little. — Prince William

The NFL has done a great job in giving players information on how to go to a second career after football and how to invest their money while they're playing to ensure when their career is over, that they have something else in place to fall back on. One of the big things the NFL does is promote education in different fields. — Kamerion Wimbley

He wants to play major college football at a university far away, where nobody will know about his tragic family history. Then he wants to play in the NFL.

Every catch brings him closer to that reality. That's how he thinks of it, anyway. Every time he runs downfield, sees the ball in the air, and hears the defensive back laboring to catch up, whenever he feels that ball fall out of the sky and into his waiting hands, he inches closer to his goals. — Neil Hayes

The shoulder surgery was a success. The lobotomy failed. — Mike Ditka

To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL. — Ron Jaworski

The truth is, the NFL will never respect women and their opinions as long as the media it answers to doesn't. I'm ready when you are, Fox. — Katie Nolan

Are we really celebrating the troops, or are we exploiting them? Using them to make football and the NFL seem as patriotic, as all-American as the troops who actually fight and die for us? — Johnny Anonymous

Every new generation of LGBT Americans needs to be inspired by leaders who come out - whether in Congress, the nonprofit sector, the NFL, or corner offices of Fortune 100 companies, — Anthony Romero

Like many others who have gone into prisons and jails with us, Chuck and Carol Middlekauff demonstrate what our ministry is all about. We train Christian 'teammates' to share the good news and love of Christ with 'the least of these' so they can continue to do it with others they encounter as they go along. In this book, Carol has written the stories of some of those encounters so you can appreciate how easy it is to tell people about Jesus. It happens when you realize God does all the work, and all you have to do is show up. I hope you will be encouraged by reading the book and then join us soon for a Weekend of Champions to find out for yourself."
Bill Glass, retired NFL all-pro defensive end, evangelist, founder of Bill Glass Champions for Life prison ministries, and author of numerous books, including The Healing Power of a Father's Blessing and Blitzed by Blessings — Bill Glass

I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means. — Steve Sabol

NFL fans have less sympathy for fallen players than the Romans had for blind Christians. — Stephen Rodrick

School districts around the country, and the taxpayers that support them, have a moral right to the information the NFL might have concerning the medical aspects of the game, and to assess the risks to the students in their charge. Colleges have a moral right to that information for the same reasons. — Charlie Pierce

I will remain in relentless pursuit of continuing my lifelong dream of being an NFL quarterback. — Tim Tebow

Due to the NFL lockout, I'm excited to be able to follow my childhood dream of playing for a Major League Soccer team. — Chad Ochocinco

Life is fragile, unless your in the NFL in which case you'll need to wear padding. — Dov Davidoff

I said to NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, 'You realize that's the first time anybody associated with the league has made that connection?' And I remember, he was a litttle ... annoyed. He was annoyed. — Alan Schwarz

I knew I had to go out and perform. I had a lot of fans watching! — LaDainian Tomlinson

To be fair to Pete, I had just come off a very difficult owner relationship with my then head coach and I was looking for a different style. So I didn't give Pete all the power he should have had. I don't think there's any exact formula for how it's done. It's really what fits each individual system. — Robert Kraft

I think people have put too much focus on me. I don't think they realize the other weapons we have on this team. I don't think they realize the great offensive line that we have. — Colin Kaepernick

I'll just say this. There was no way we were going to lose at home on this day in this in this city for all those people. — Tom Coughlin

In Montana, they renamed a town after an all-time great, Joe Montana. Well, a town in Massachusetts changed their name to honor my guy Terry Bradshaw
Marblehead. — Howie Long

The arrangement bore the same relation to actual finance as fantasy football bears to the NFL. — Michael Lewis

In the NFL, everyone's attacking, so you have to be quicker in your decisions. — LaDainian Tomlinson

And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing about one of the owners, that would really be a problem on the NFL's site. — Gregg Easterbrook

I normally run the 40-yard dash in 4.9, but when a 280-pound guy is chasing me, I run it in 4.6. — John Elway

The wins and losses are over for Rice, the football player, who leaves with 38 NFL records. He was the easiest guy in the world to throw the football to, ... You always knew where he was headed. — Steve Young

I'm a serious person by nature - sometimes too serious. — Peyton Manning

With my size and speed, my ability to make moves and great vision, I'm sometimes feel like it's an unfair advantage over the defense. — LaDainian Tomlinson

Every guy has different strengths in the NFL. Receivers are different, running backs are different, but they all have that one thing that they do that's special: that thing that keeps them on the roster every year. — Larry Fitzgerald

There's always a chance. Somebody has got to want me, and if they don't want me, then what? I want to play. I want to do what I want to do. — Emmitt Smith

The NFL draft is going to be this Thursday. That's a huge night for college players. That's the night they start being paid over the table. — Jay Leno

Just showing that what I did at the combine wasn't a fluke. — Maxx Williams

I'm gonna pray for him. — Bruce Irvin

Rex brings out the macho talk and tells everyone this is what we're going to be and what we're going to do. And you see what happened. The players did it. It worked. — LaDainian Tomlinson

I get an adrenaline rush from "playing with the big boys." I consider myself a tomboy and was an athlete in high school, so I like to "talk shop" anyway. But it's fun to actually get paid to cover the NFL with all these incredible former players and sports anchors. — Megan Alexander

I learned to never say never and never say no, so I decided to go pro. I knew I'd have an opportunity to be a defensive player in the NFL. — Darius Philon

There are a lot of other parts on this team that do great things to make it easy for me to go out there. — Colin Kaepernick

I don't want players coming in from the college level that are either trying to avoid a suspension, declare themselves ineligible on their own, hire an agent and decide, 'I'm going to enter into the NFL.' — Roger Goodell

Remember your six P's - Perfect Practice Prevents Piss Poor Performance. — Chuck Knox

In the NFL, every practice could make or break you. If you dropped one ball, you'd worry about getting cut. — Darren Flutie

People say I'll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher. — Craig Heyward

I think if you're a good high school player that you have the ability to be a good college football player. If you're a good college football then you have the ability to be a great NFL player. — Robert Griffin III

When I first came into the league, I was with Tim Dwight in San Diego, and a guy named Eric Parker, who really showed me the work ethic it takes to be an NFL receiver, and I've really tried to keep that with me. — Wes Welker

Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So I really love NFL football now to the degree of following it much more than I did previously. — Paul Allen

The only story my grandfather tells me about his days in the NFL is how much better he was than me. — Clay Matthews III

The entire existence of the NFL - and of football at any level, for all of that - rests on whether or not the game can keep fooling itself, and its paying fan base, that it is somehow superior to boxing and to the rest of our modern blood sports. — Charlie Pierce

I'm an old-school guy. — LaDainian Tomlinson

I wanted to find out if we went to the NFL and really took care of guys, really cared about each and every individual, what would happen? — Pete Carroll

I'm one of the most competitive guys in the NFL. Believe me, nobody wants it more than me. — Randy Moss

Hopefully one day I can be up there with Peyton in terms of history. — Andrew Luck

Guys have been having a lot of questions about whether or not I can play man-to-man, so I've been watching a lot of film lately. I'm trying to study tendencies of receivers that are already in the NFL, so I can have a jump on them once I get to that next level l so I can know what to look for and what to be prepared for. — Calvin Pryor

I think the Canadian Football League is a great league, but it's not the NFL, and I'm not Jerry Rice. — Darren Flutie

I was making sure everyone knew Crabtree was a mediocre receiver. And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, that's what happens. I appreciate that he knows that now. — Richard Sherman

Actually I feel I'm a better player; more mentally. I guess you get better with age people say. You have a lot more wisdom. — Darrelle Revis

We will always make sure player health and safety is our No. 1 priority in the NFL. — Roger Goodell

Tim Tebow may be back in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles. As you remember, he was thrown out of the league when he landed his gyrocopter on the White House lawn. — David Letterman

Every game in the NFL is important. — Roger Goodell

I've always been a fan of football, always watched the NFL and it's great to always sit back wherever I can this year. You sit back and enjoy the games, pop a little sports drink - not any pop or soda - lay back, watch the games. It's always cool to see how the games go down and just enjoy them. — Rob Gronkowski

Life isn't about a hand-out. That's not what the NFL is about and that won't get you in the NFL or take care of you once you're out of the NFL. You have to work. — Eric Dickerson

Seahawks beat Cardinals, 58-0. If Patriots beat Texans, 58-0, it will be first time in NFL history there were two 58-0 games in same week. — Norman Chad

I've done it for a long time and I didn't expect it to be any different here. — Kurt Warner

Nothing is a violent as football and I bet you like. Just say you don't like it, or can't identify, don't come up with excuses like "It's too violent" while you wear some team's NFL jersey. — Michael Wilbon

Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation. — Peyton Manning

If Jesus were alive today, he'd probably be at the Super Bowl. — Norman Vincent Peale

I led the NFL in attempts the past two years and they really didn't go out and get a quarterback to help me so I knew it's going to be all on me again. I could see my mortality as a football player, that I'm not going to be able to do this much longer. It just became obvious to me that playing football for me is not going to be fun, not something I'm going to enjoy and it's time for me to do something different. — Ricky Williams

I can be in the NFL as long as any other back. I went late in the draft because no one thought I could do it. — Brandon Jacobs

Literally thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the NFL by retired players, many of whom say that information on brain injury in football was withheld from them. — Henry Rollins

When you get released from the NFL it's not a pleasant experience and I may have sulked for about two or three years. Then I was like, 'You know what? It's time to get back on the wagon.' I have nothing to be ashamed of. — Stephen Baker

The few things I'd sacrificed, or put on hold, to be with my husband and
baby were worth it. That broken boy on the beach seemed like a lifetime ago. Years had passed, college and the NFL, marriage and a baby, but every once in a while, when Jude looked over at me and gave me that slow, knowing smile of his, I was that girl in a black string bikini all over again, longing for a boy I never thought could be mine. — Nicole Williams

Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England. — Wayne Huizenga

If you really want to get rid of the problems in the NFL, put Obama in charge of it: in a few months it will be so deep in debt it will have to go out of business - no more concussions. — Rush Limbaugh