John Madden
John Madden
John Earl Madden is a former American football player in the National Football League, a former Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football Conference of the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career. He is also widely known for the long-running Madden NFL video game series he has endorsed and fronted since 1988. Madden worked...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth10 April 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I know some guys will rise up to this and some guys are a little nervous about the GM sitting one step behind them and watching up close and personal.
I kind of figured that before. It's not a surprise. Why wouldn't you? We've got a great record going and we're playing well and we're responding to him.
I'm not going to make a lot of sense and I don't care. It comes from my heart. I am humbled and grateful and thankful. I just got to sit down. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I just worry about overexposure. No matter how much you wanted to watch the NFL, there were no more games between Monday night and the next Sunday. I don't want us to become like college basketball or college football where you have games on every night. That's the direction it's going in. I really don't know that it's a great direction.
They can take football away from ABC on Monday nights, but they can't take away the memories.
They look like there's no life in them, no passion. I don't know how hard these wide receivers are playing for him.
If this is the final, we'll have a final final and a final final final.
I didn't get a phone call. If you don't get a phone call, you know what that means.
Baseball has better opening days and All-Star Games than the N.F.L. does. Ours stink.
It's a big deal, ... ABC and MNF are a big part of NFL history, and it's going to end with the Super Bowl (on ABC). You can't say you're not looking forward to it.
It wasn't what I anticipated when he started talking.
It was crucial. It's something you have to do during the regular season to maintain your confidence. If you haven't beaten a team and you have to play them in the playoffs, it weighs on your mind.
It's a whole new way for us to think about building complex mechanical devices.