Top 13 John Madden Quotes



You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.

 

There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade just in case they were allergic to the water or vice versa.

 

I respect coaches I respect what good coaches do. I know that you don’t learn to be a coach in an hour and a half.

 

That’s the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.

 

One of the biggest gaps in sports is the difference between the winning and losing teams of the Super Bowl. They don’t invite the losing team to the White House. They don’t have parades for them. They don’t throw confetti on them.

 

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

 

I was an old tackle riding around talking to people about sports. Like I’ve said to a lot of people over the years, ‘I only go where old tackles go, and if an old tackle does not belong there, I’m not going.’

 

I’m sure that had I not been a coach, I would have been some form of a teacher.

 

I would never bet against Peyton Manning. You know about the age and the neck and the strength. But I had George Blanda, and as he got older, he got smarter, and he just got rid of the ball quicker. I watch Peyton, and I see George Blanda.

 

Thursday night football is here to stay. So we’re looking at ways to make it safer. Now they’re playing division games, so you limit travel. Now the question is, should you play Sunday night before a Thursday night?

 

I’d like to work with kids in special education – younger kids.

 

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

 

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

 

 

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