Joe Namath Quotes
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I'm always gonna be Joe Namath, and I'm not running from that.
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I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.
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I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.
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I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.
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I have been a vegetarian for a few years. Fred Dryer of the Rams has been one for 10 years. It shows you don't need meat to play football.
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Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.
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After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.
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I'm lucky.
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I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.
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The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.
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First, I prepare. Then I have faith.
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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.
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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.
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I've always said I'm going to get married only once.
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I can't compare family to athletics.
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How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.
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I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.
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I don't think that I've ever been a backup.
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I took my time to find the perfect girl.
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After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.
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I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.
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I was born with the gift.
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I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can.
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I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.