top football quotes ever...

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lets hear what professional football players have said to prove they are either idiots, hilarious, or pure genius...

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One of my favorites is Emmitt Smith's response to a reporter who asked him how it felt now that he'd gone back to Florida to get his college degree. "It feels great, it really do."

[ffdomino 0]

"I love me some me"

 

"Playoffs...PLAYOFFS!!!"

 

"You play to win the game"

 

 

top three maybe!

[jlbay 0]

This is a coach's quote, not a player - but it is one I will never forget. Back in 1976 when the Tampa Bay Bucs stunk and John McKay was the coach, after a particularly poor game by his team a reporter as McKay:

 

"What about your team's execution?"

 

Coach McKay replied without hesitation:

 

"I'm in favor of it"

[Chronic Husker 85]

There's one on NFL films with Rodney Harrison on the sideline, talking to a teammate. Something like,

 

"Number 68 punched me in the mouth.............it felt good, though."

[Cruzer 1,995]

#1 of all- time:

"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle." - Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach

[Dan 66]

Not a football player when he said it, but as a sideline reporter . . .

 

AL MICHAELS: "So, what's the story with Colts tonight?"

 

ERIC DICKERSON: "Most definitely . . ."

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Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. - Joe Theismann

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This is a coach's quote, not a player - but it is one I will never forget. Back in 1976 when the Tampa Bay Bucs stunk and John McKay was the coach, after a particularly poor game by his team a reporter as McKay:

 

"What about your team's execution?"

 

Coach McKay replied without hesitation:

 

"I'm in favor of it"

 

My all time favorite.

 

Another classic: "Lookit that little monkey run!"

 

Howard Cosell, not meaning anything racist by it. Sad that it marred his brilliant career.

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Oiler coach Bum Phillips: When asked by Bob Costas why he takes his wife on all the road trips, Phillips responded, "Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye."

 

New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season:"I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."

 

And, upon hearing Joe Jacoby of the 'Skins say "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl," Matt Millen of the Raiders said, "To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too."

 

Clemson recruit Ray Forsythe, who was ineligible as a freshman because of academic requirements: "I play football. I'm not trying to be a professor. The tests don't seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven't been through in school."

 

Darrell Royal, Texas football coach, asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries that season resulted from poor physical conditioning: "One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?" (1966)

 

Mike McCormack, coach of the hapless Baltimore Colts after the team's co-captain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin toss against St. Louis: "I'm Going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time." (1981)

 

Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet." (1991)

 

Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he thought of the refs: "I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating." (1986)

 

Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons: "It's basically the same, just darker." (1991)

 

Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his decision not to vote: "I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot." (1996)

 

Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins: "He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings." (1991)

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Lawrence Taylor -- "This is bullllllsh*t. I was set up like a muthaf*ker."

 

Not so much, what he said but HOW he said it. If you saw it, you know what I mean.

 

 

One of the funniest things I ever saw on ESPN.

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"There isn't much room in here with the spare tire and jack".

 

-- Rae Carruth

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Lawrence Taylor -- "This is bullllllsh*t. I was set up like a muthaf*ker."

 

Not so much, what he said but HOW he said it. If you saw it, you know what I mean.

One of the funniest things I ever saw on ESPN.

 

Funnier than Mike Tyson telling a reporter at his press confrence he was gonna fock him in his ass ?

[IndyTom 0]

"I wanna kiss you."

 

Broadway Joe

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John McKay:

 

At a post-game press conference in 1976 "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a bunch of bananas."

The following week after a media member has dropped off a case of bananas at his door - "You guys don't know the difference between a football and a Mercedez-Benz."

 

After the Bucs broke their 26-game losing streak - "Three or four plane crashes and we're in the playoffs."

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my absolute fave...

 

Leroy Hoard, describing his running style: "You need two yards, I'll get you three. You need 10 yards, I'll get you three."

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Anything Madden says before he starts mumbling last year on MNF!

 

Madden s the king of quoteable quotes!

[GrassyKnollSniper 0]

This is a coach's quote, not a player - but it is one I will never forget. Back in 1976 when the Tampa Bay Bucs stunk and John McKay was the coach, after a particularly poor game by his team a reporter as McKay:

 

"What about your team's execution?"

 

Coach McKay replied without hesitation:

 

"I'm in favor of it"

 

We have a winner!

[football_scooter 0]

"There isn't much room in here with the spare tire and jack".

 

-- Rae Carruth

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I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that - Jerry Rice

 

followed by him on Sirius NFL Radio.

 

"Umm, umm, you know, umm, you know"

 

He is just downright painful on the radio and I feel sorry for his co-hosts...get him some communication help

[mark32esu 18]

this isnt a funny one but it's one of my favorites. howie long said it during some kind of speech a few years ago. not sure if it was word for word, but i think this is pretty close.

"baseball may be considered america's past time, but football truly is america's passion"

[nobody 2,673]

I liked the Emmitt Smith commercials back in the day... "Super Bowls are won in the preseason" as he holds out until week two of the season.

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"We are going to really surprise teams this year .... we are going to implement JAP plays"

 

- Tuna

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Not necessarily a quote, but it's the coolest thing I've ever heard from a recruit:

 

Scott Bentley was being recruited by Florida St. Bowden said this question and answer was what made him give Bentley a scholarship.

 

Bowden asked "If we were playing the Miami Hurricanes and I put you on the field with nobody else on a kickoff, could you gaurentee me that you would kick the ball out of the endzone?"

 

Bentley replied, "No, but I gaurentee I'd tackle whoever had the ball!"

 

Now to me, that's awesome!

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"We are going to really surprise teams this year .... we are going to implement JAP plays"

 

- Tuna

 

what made this funny was that he pre-empted it by saying, "No offense to the orientals..."

[ffdomino 0]

"number forty two...."

[miket7 0]

Anything Madden says before he starts mumbling last year on MNF!

 

Madden is the king of quoteable quotes!

 

 

Madden:

"Kurt Warner did it with a duck"

(after watching the quarterback escape a sack)

[KingofBeer 0]

I'm a soldier. A fu*king soldier!

[fantasytool 0]

My favorite is Buddy Ryan, after cutting Cris Carter......."All he does is catch touchdowns."

[Eriadoc 4]

Jerry Glanville on Sam Wyche, after Wyche ran up the score 62-3 over the Oilers - "I've known Sam a long time. I don't think any less of him now than I ever did."

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"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football."

 

 

-- John Heisman

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"Not Guilty"

-O.J. Simpson

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Chad Johnson when Palmer asked how number 38 on Miami was. "He sucks, they all suck, its me here" Never fails to make me laugh.

 

But the all time best was "I love me some me"

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Hey officer did you happen to catch that 2002 Fiesta Bowl ? Man those were good times....

 

Maurice

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But the all time best was "I love me some me"

 

Yeah, I cracked up when I heard that too.

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There is no doubt in my mind what the greatest quote ever was.........................Ricky Prohel before the Super Bowl vs New England when he said on camera .................. "Today Baby A Dynasty is Born"!!! How right he was...............Go Pats!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bengalboy 0]

When Sam Wyche got on the mike and told Cincy fans that they weren't Cleveland fans they had more class than that when they were throwing stuff on the field. The best of all time.

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We have a winner!

 

You beat me to it. Absolutely the best ever!

[Vikings4ever 550]

He bounced it out to the A-hole. - John Madden

[Kilroy 0]

"For who? For what?"

 

That was Ricky Watters, in a press conference after his first game as an Eagle. The question was in regards to a pass thrown his way during the game. The ball was thrown over the middle of the field--Watters alligator armed it because he didn't want to take a bad hit and get hurt/injured.