Great Football Quotes
We have a strange and wonderful relationship: He's strange and I'm wonderful.
- Mike Ditka, on Jim McMahon
Football features two of the worst aspects of American life - violence and committee meetings.
- George Will
You have to be stupid, and that's working out well for me.
- Bubba Baker, on what it takes to play in the NFL
I'm going to give 110 percent on every play. You can't give any morethan that.
- Jimmy Johnson, Illinois quarterback
I recruited a Czech kicker, and during the eye exam the doctor asked if he could read the bottom line. The Czech kicker said, "Read it? I know him."
- Woody Hayes
Whenever they gave him the game ball, he ate it.
- Alex Hawkins, on Butkus
Three things are bad for you. I can't remember the first two, but doughnuts are the third.
- Bill Petersen
I want to thank everyone who helped me get indicted.
- Bill Petersen, on his induction into the Florida Hall of Fame.
Quotes gathered from "Football Shorts: 1,001 of the Game's Funniest One-liners" By Glenn Liebman
Originally published November 14, 2002.
