Al Davis
Al Davis
Allen "Al" Daviswas an American football coach and executive. He was the principal owner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football Leaguefrom 1972 to 2011. Under Davis' management, the Raiders became one of the most successful teams in professional sports. His motto for the team was "Just win, baby." Davis was active in civil rights, refusing to allow the Raiders to play in any city where black and white players had to stay in separate hotels...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 July 1929
CityBrockton, MA
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I wanted it, and we had to have it. We do have the greatest game in the world, and we got what we wanted.
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Wake up, Carolee, the plane is waiting for us, we have to get to the game.
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A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.
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If it weren't for a new rule that came into being, we'd have played three years in a row in the championship game.
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Kerry did adequately well ... He had no running game and our pass protection slipped.
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I would think that would depend on who we talk to, what is available. I think Kerry did adequately well considering other factors maybe not seen by the press or fans. I think he did reasonably well. We had no running game and our pass protection slipped.
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The girls really put on a good show. This is what an all-star game is supposed to be like. The girls really worked well together.
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Of the three Super Bowls that we won, he was the starting left end. I've had so many great players, but Jerry ranks among the great players.
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Bill was a great friend, a brilliant performer and an exceptional man. I say this with great admiration and love that Bill becomes one of the people that I give the cloak of immortality. Time never stops for the great ones.
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At the end, he got his break with the networks, and he's done great with that.
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We must run the ball better. It's unbelievable. I thought one of our standards of gold this year would be our offensive line. We have some bright young players there. And we never did get the toughness, or what I would call the power running, that I thought we were going to get.
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We've gotta run that football better, we've gotta run it tougher, and people have to understand that they're gonna get knocked. Not what we call zone blocking.
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Mike has always been of interest because he is dynamic, he is not afraid. But there is a fear right there of the physical. I don't know if we are ready to accept that.
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We haven't been executing well against strong defenses. The kids have to learn to have more patience. We have to learn more patience and let things develop.