Words of Wisdom from the Football Arena
Oct 4, 2021 01:03:08 #
GeneV
Loc: Lampasas, Texas
Words of Wisdom from the Football Arena
Coach Vince Lombardi: ‘If you’re not fired with enthusiasm, you’ll be fired with enthusiasm.”
Anthony Burgess: “Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. The seventh day is the Lord’s thy God’s. The sixth day is for football and spreading the word and punishing and suchlike.”
God and the Devil arranged a football match between Heaven and hell. God had a small wager on the outcome but the devil was supremely confident and bet $500.00 on a win for Hell.
“You’re crazy’, said God. ‘I’ve got all the best players in the history of the game on my team.”
“I know, “ replied the Devil. “But I’ve got all the referees.”
Sports analyst, Joe Theisman: ‘The word genius isn’t applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”
Football announcer, Terry Bradshaw: “I may be dumb but I’m not stupid.”
Frank Gifford, in Sports Illustrated, July 4, 1960: “Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.”
College football coach, Frank Broyles: “Our strength is we don’t have any weaknesses. Our weakness is that we don’t have any real strengths.”
Florida State football coach, Bill Peterson:
“You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.”
“Men, I want you just thinking one word all season, One word and one word only: Super Bowl.”
“You guys have to run a little more than full speed out there.”
“You guys line up alphabetically by height.”
BBC Radio 5, Stuart Hall: “What will you do when you leave football, Jack? Will you stay in football?”
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote…”Life was a damned muddle…a football game with everyone off-side and the referee has gotten rid of-everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side.”
Dan Leno, “I see the world as a football, kicked about by the higher powers, with me clinging on by my teeth and toenails to the laces.
An interview with John F. Kennedy, Jan.31, 1961: “We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or baseball game, we have taken part in it.
John Barrymore, watching a tense football game, was distracted by the man next to him, who bragged, “When I was in college I helped Harvard beat Yale three times in succession.”
“That so?” snapped Barrymore. “Which team were you playing on?”
Coach Vince Lombardi: ‘If you’re not fired with enthusiasm, you’ll be fired with enthusiasm.”
Anthony Burgess: “Five days shalt thou labour, as the Bible says. The seventh day is the Lord’s thy God’s. The sixth day is for football and spreading the word and punishing and suchlike.”
God and the Devil arranged a football match between Heaven and hell. God had a small wager on the outcome but the devil was supremely confident and bet $500.00 on a win for Hell.
“You’re crazy’, said God. ‘I’ve got all the best players in the history of the game on my team.”
“I know, “ replied the Devil. “But I’ve got all the referees.”
Sports analyst, Joe Theisman: ‘The word genius isn’t applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”
Football announcer, Terry Bradshaw: “I may be dumb but I’m not stupid.”
Frank Gifford, in Sports Illustrated, July 4, 1960: “Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.”
College football coach, Frank Broyles: “Our strength is we don’t have any weaknesses. Our weakness is that we don’t have any real strengths.”
Florida State football coach, Bill Peterson:
“You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.”
“Men, I want you just thinking one word all season, One word and one word only: Super Bowl.”
“You guys have to run a little more than full speed out there.”
“You guys line up alphabetically by height.”
BBC Radio 5, Stuart Hall: “What will you do when you leave football, Jack? Will you stay in football?”
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote…”Life was a damned muddle…a football game with everyone off-side and the referee has gotten rid of-everyone claiming the referee would have been on his side.”
Dan Leno, “I see the world as a football, kicked about by the higher powers, with me clinging on by my teeth and toenails to the laces.
An interview with John F. Kennedy, Jan.31, 1961: “We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or baseball game, we have taken part in it.
John Barrymore, watching a tense football game, was distracted by the man next to him, who bragged, “When I was in college I helped Harvard beat Yale three times in succession.”
“That so?” snapped Barrymore. “Which team were you playing on?”
Oct 4, 2021 04:20:07 #
Terry Bradshaw's quote, "I may be dumb but I'm not stupid" was actually stolen from Hall of Fame College basketball coach Lefty Driesell who coached for 4 different programs, most notably for 17 years at the University of Maryland.
The quote from Driesell was actually, "I may be stupid, but I'm not dumb" and was on the cover of Sports Illustrated back in the 70s along with his portrait. I had that issue, but unfortunately did not keep it.
The quote from Driesell was actually, "I may be stupid, but I'm not dumb" and was on the cover of Sports Illustrated back in the 70s along with his portrait. I had that issue, but unfortunately did not keep it.
Oct 4, 2021 07:22:54 #
Xanadu
Loc: Clay County FL
Attributed to Urban Meyer
"That kid does not know the meaning of fear. I have seen his transcript and there are a lot of words he does not know the meaning of."
"That kid does not know the meaning of fear. I have seen his transcript and there are a lot of words he does not know the meaning of."
Oct 5, 2021 10:53:40 #
Xanadu wrote:
Attributed to Urban Meyer
"That kid does not know the meaning of fear. I have seen his transcript and there are a lot of words he does not know the meaning of."
"That kid does not know the meaning of fear. I have seen his transcript and there are a lot of words he does not know the meaning of."
I know it’s meant to be funny but I think it says a lot about Meyer’s philosophy when he was at Florida.😳
Oct 5, 2021 15:21:34 #
GeneV wrote:
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And I never forget John Madden saying one Sunday “whoever scores the most points will win this game”.
Oct 5, 2021 19:05:14 #
Oct 5, 2021 19:12:58 #
khildy wrote:
And I never forget John Madden saying one Sunday “whoever scores the most points will win this game”.
Funny as it sounds it’s the only accurate answer to “Who’s gonna win this game?” and I wouldn’t be surprised if Madden said during his broadcasting days.😂
Oct 5, 2021 19:35:41 #
Xanadu wrote:
Attributed to Urban Meyer
"That kid does not know the meaning of fear. I have seen his transcript and there are a lot of words he does not know the meaning of."
"That kid does not know the meaning of fear. I have seen his transcript and there are a lot of words he does not know the meaning of."
"Urban Meyer meet his wife on Farmers Only, com"
sign at a game
Oct 5, 2021 23:02:40 #
Oct 5, 2021 23:36:09 #
Oct 6, 2021 06:09:14 #
Not football, but here's a couple of quotable quotes
from the only man in the entire history of Formula One
to win both constructors and drivers championships;
"If it looks strong enough, it's too heavy."
"When the flag drops, the bull$#it stops": the late Sir Jack Brabham
from the only man in the entire history of Formula One
to win both constructors and drivers championships;
"If it looks strong enough, it's too heavy."
"When the flag drops, the bull$#it stops": the late Sir Jack Brabham
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