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We need the quarterbacks. It's a passing league and a quarterback-driven league. We need the Peyton Mannings in football uniforms out there playing - the Tom Bradys, the Drew Breeses, the Philip Riverses - we need those guys instead of them standing on the sideline.
John Madden -
If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me 'Coach,' but if they know me for the video game, they just call me 'Madden.'
John Madden
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I've never eaten just a few bites of things I liked in my life.
John Madden -
I think comparisons are odious.
John Madden -
In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.
John Madden -
Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.
John Madden -
When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.
John Madden -
I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a football coach, then a football broadcaster. It's been my life. Pro football has been my life since 1967. I've enjoyed every part of it. Never once did it ever feel like work.
John Madden
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I'm a firm believer that there's no way that a six-year-old should have a helmet on and learn a tackling drill.
John Madden -
Sometimes you can be one of the best, but you don't accept that if you don't get the ring or win the Super Bowl. There's a lot of good teams between the Super Bowl winner and other teams. Once the Super Bowl is over, we lump everyone into the other 31, and that's not fair.
John Madden -
A consulting position might work in another profession, but not in pro football. There's no such thing. They give a guy a parking spot and put his name up as a consultant, and in six months, they erase the name.
John Madden -
You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it.
John Madden -
There's so many kids who only know me from the video game.
John Madden -
If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.
John Madden