John Madden Quotes
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I've got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to all the games. You always have that urge to say something when you're watching them. But I've learned to keep it to myself. I've blurted out some things and embarrassed myself.
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Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and don't let the quarterback run, because a big part of your defense can't account for the quarterback as a runner, so he gets a free run.
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Having been in football all my life as a player and a coach and having been on the sideline, I think the closer we can get to bringing people what it's like standing and watching the game on the sideline, with a better view, would be the perfect situation for television football.
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They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school football and all football.
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I think comparisons are odious.
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Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.
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When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.
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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.
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If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.
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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.
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There's so many kids who only know me from the video game.
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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.
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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.
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You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it.