John Madden Quotes - Page 2

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

Give something that wasn't expected.

You know, there's a rule in sports, "Don't do anything great if you can't handle the congratulations."

If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life.

See, well ya see, the thing is, he should have caught that ball. But the ball is bigger than his hands.

Some yards is better than none yards?

As I look back now on my coaching career, I think of my family, I think of the days that we spent together. I say this to coaches everywhere: If you ever have a chance to take your kids with you, take them. Don't miss that opportunity. Because when it's all over and done with, when you look back, those are going to be your fondest memories.

If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me 'Coach,' but if they know me for the video game, they just call me 'Madden.'

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

The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings, the whole thing. The loser puts his head down and goes to his house.

In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.

From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back.

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

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

I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record - everything stinks - and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.

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

He got up looking out of his earhole!

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

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

Nothing jazzes me up like football. I've acquired more passion of the years, not less. Not to love it wouldn't make sense.

There's a lot of letters in Ladanian Tomlinson

I wasn't saying that in a sense that I didn't plan on scoring any goals. This won't happen again. It would be nice if it did, but it's reality.

There is a difference in being in shape and being in football shape. Any one can out on the field and run around , but once you start getting hit and have to get up then you find out the difference between being in shape and football shape.

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

I would have all my offensive linemen wrestle if I could.