Joe Greene
Joe Greene
Charles Edward Greene, known as "Mean Joe Greene,"is a former all-pro American football defensive tackle who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Throughout the early 1970s, Greene was one of the most dominant defensive players in the NFL. Winning two NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards, as well as earning five first-team All-Pro selections, Greene is widely considered one of the greatest defensive linemen to ever play in the NFL. He was the cornerstone of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth24 September 1946
CountryUnited States of America
For a football coach, there's nothing that matches the pain of a team not playing up to its capabilities.
You can go to the bank and borrow money, but you can't go to the bank and borrow a Super Bowl ring. The ring is like a crown.
I do play football no-holds-barred. Any edge I can get, I'll take. I'd grab a face mask only in a fit of anger. Uncontrolled anger is damn near insane.
Winning the Super Bowl was obviously a great one, but the joy I felt of going to the Super Bowl, it was what I felt about the Pittsburgh Steelers and where we came from, the history of us to that point.
Love yourself and realize that whatever you attempt to achieve in Life is a direct reflection of you....
The zone is a place that you rarely visit. It's not some place you go every week. The zone is sacred ground.
They say that when you're the champs, everybody will try to beat you. Well, I'm glad we're champs, so bring'em on, bring'em all on. If we die, we ain't gonna die running. It's gonna be a fight.
When you think of me as a football player, I would like for people to think that I put it on the line every time. Good or bad, win or lose, I put it on the line.
I'm probably the only guy in the country who can say he's worked under Chuck Noll and Don Shula.