Joe Namath
Joe Namath
Joseph William Namath, nicknamed Broadway Joe, is a former American football quarterback and actor. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant from 1962 to 1964, and professional football in the American Football Leagueand National Football Leagueduring the 1960s and 1970s. Namath was an American Football League icon and played for that league's New York Jets for most of his professional football career. He finished his career with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth31 May 1943
CountryUnited States of America
I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.
Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college, and I guess I agreed with them, or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.
I spent the nights before the Jets' two biggest games last year-for the AFL championship and the Super Bowl-with girls. But I don't consider that bad or foolish of me. ... The night before a game, I prepare myself both mentally and physically for the next day. I think a ballplayer has to be relaxed to play well; and if that involves being with a girl that night, he should do it.
Something's been guiding me around throughout my life.
My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.
My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.
Times have changed. The athletes have changed.
When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York.
I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.
I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.
I don't think that I've ever been a backup.
Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.
I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.
I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.