Buddy Ryan Quotes

United States, American Football Manager
January 17, 1934 – June, 28, 2016.

James David "Buddy" Ryan was an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). During his 35-season coaching career, Ryan served as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals, and the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears and Houston Oilers of the NFL.

If you listen to the fans, you'll be sitting up there with them.

Buddy Ryan
- Fans
- Listen
QBs are overpaid, overrated, pompous bastards and must be punished.

Buddy Ryan
- Overrated
- Bastards
- QBs

Offense my butt. Our offense is for Randall Cunningham to make five big plays and we'll win.

Buddy Ryan
- Win
- Plays
- Offense
Kevin Gilbride will be selling insurance in two years.

Buddy Ryan
- Insurance
- Kevin Gilbride
Some say the 46 is just an eight-man front. That’s like saying Marilyn Monroe is just a girl.

Buddy Ryan
- Girl
- Marilyn Monroe
- 46
We might have the worst bunch of guys together we've ever seen as a football team. I don't know what anybody else has, but I'd trade mine with anybody, sight unseen.

Buddy Ryan
- Guys
- Football Team
Football kickers are like taxi cabs. You can always go out and hire another one.

Buddy Ryan
- Football kickers
- Taxi cabs
It was so easy my wife could have made them, and she didn't even know these guys.

Buddy Ryan
- Wife
- Guys

Trade him for a six-pack. It doesn’t even have to be cold.

Buddy Ryan
- Trade
- Six-pack
He looks like a reject guard from the USFL, he's so damn fat.

Buddy Ryan
- Guard
- USFL