Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was big, it was big, ... especially being my first NFL touchdown.

Jerry Rice

They never clocked me on my way to the end zone. They never caught me because I ran scared.

Jerry Rice

I was always in search of a perfect game and I never got it.

Fran Tarkenton

Ignoring facts does not make them go away.

Howie Long

When I went to the Hall of Fame in 2000 and was inducted, it was a travesty the kind of carnage I saw out of these guys who were in their 50s and 60s, who had defined and in many ways laid the foundation for the NFL being what it is today.

Howie Long

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.

Bill Belichick

Every season undergoes changes. I've been in the NFL over 30 years and it has been like that every single year in one way or another. Sometimes when it seems like we've had the most changes, those have turned out to be some of the better years.

Ten years in the NFL is a long time,

Aaron Stecker

There's no team in the NFL going through what we've been through.

The NFL is going to have a say on who's going to come here. The Coliseum has no role in selecting a team,

Andy Reid

The NFL is a unique work place. There are no secrets anymore. Technology has taken over, and secrets are exposed. People are going to know what you're all about. You have to make sure you have real honesty in the work place, or you're going to be exposed.

Dan Fouts

Not even many NFL offenses have been like this.

The report that indicated that specific number is incorrect. The NFL doesn't get those numbers until after the combine, and the numbers are confidential.

Bum Phillips

Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.

Bum Phillips

You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.

Bum Phillips

Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.

Bum Phillips

When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him.

Bud Wilkinson

Losing is easy. It's not enjoyable, but it's easy.

Mike Ditka

The shoulder surgery was a success. The lobotomy failed.

Hines Ward

Guys ask me, 'Why are you always smiling?' Are you kidding? I'm in the NFL, that's why!

I want to play in the NFL after I'm done with school,

Paul McCartney

There's nothing bigger than being asked to perform at the Super Bowl.

Paul Tagliabue

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.

Philip Rivers

I don't like to sit still.

Philip Rivers

It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.

Philip Rivers

I grew up on the game.

Philip Rivers

I'm getting better every day.

Philip Rivers

You want to be playing your best in December and hopefully it'll carry over into January.

Philip Rivers

I've been calling plays in the huddle since I was seven.

Pete Carroll

I can't ask the offense to score slower.

Pete Carroll

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

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.

Jim Otto

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.