“During the season, I dodge the media. After practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.” NeedsBodyCarePracticeMediaSeasonsNflRecoveringDodge Author:Calvin Johnson
“I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling. What we know is we can improve. Chad Pennington, our quarterback, missed the first part of the season, and we struggled. We're looking to next season. We're looking to make a noise now, and I wanna kiss you!” KnowsFirstsCareNextStruggleTeamKissingSeasonsNoiseNflQuarterbackChad Author:Joe Namath
“A lot of people didn't get to see Butler's skills throughout the course of the season.” PeopleCoursesSkillsSeasonsNflButlersMvp Author:Tom Brady
“You don't realize how long that NFL season is. It's a long season, especially in your first year. Not only do you spend a lot of time preparing for the draft and working out, but they you have OTAs, minicamps, training camp, preseason games. By the time you get to week six you've already had one of the longest years of your football life and you still have 11 weeks to go, plus the playoffs.” YearsFirstsLongStillsGamesRealizingWeekFootballSixTrainingSeasonsWork OutNflPlusCampsPreparingPlayoffsHey YouTraining Camp Author:Giovani Bernard
“After several years in the league, when a player becomes a vested veteran in the NFL, they play under a different set of rules. For instance, if you cut a vested veteran mid-season and they don't get picked up by another team, you owe them the remainder of their salary.” IfsYearsDifferentPlayCuttingPlayerTeamSeasonsInstanceLeagueNflVeteranSalary Author:Brendan Daly
“I could hire every producer in Hollywood - 2,000 producers, let's say - and they couldn't come up with all the soap operas, in season and out of season, that NFL programming gives television.” GivingTelevisionHollywoodSeasonsCome UpProducersNflProgrammingOperaSoapSoap Operas Author:Jerry Jones
“In NFL preseason, the coaches don't use 10% of the playbook. They don't game plan. They do nothing. They don't give anything away for the regular season. They try to get everybody safely through it without anybody getting hurt.” GivingTryingUseGamesHurtPlansSeasonsCoachesNflGetting HurtGame PlanPlaybooks Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.” WayPlayUsedNextGamesSportsFootballReadyLosingSeasonsNflHinduismBest FootballLosing A GameNext Play Author:Troy Aikman
“I always wanted everyone to like me. I wanted the city of Pittsburgh to be proud of me. But my first few seasons, I could to count the number of people on my bandwagon on one finger.” PeopleFirstsWantedNumbersCitiesFootballProudSeasonsFingersLike MeNflBe ProudBest FootballPittsburghProud Of MeBandwagon Author:Terry Bradshaw
“I think Jim Taylor was very underrated, never hear much about him. We played Green Bay every year in exhibition, and generally we played them every couple of years in regular season. And I always thought he was a fierce competitor.” ThinkingYearsFootballCoupleSeasonsGreenNflFierceCompetitorsBest FootballExhibitionsUnderratedGreen Bay Author:Bob Lilly
“I still don't think it's sunk in that I won the Heisman. I'll be able to reflect back on the season, appreciate those types of things and realize that although I wanted to 'be like Mike' when I was growing up, now I get to go out and be in the NFL.” ThinkingStillsAbleWantedRealizingGrowing UpGrowingFootballTypeAppreciateSeasonsNflMikeLike Mike Author:Robert Griffin III
“Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!” MotivationalFootballSeasonsWeightHeyLiftsNflAmerican FootballFellasOff Season Author:Bill Parcells
“Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl.” ThinkingMenWantStupidSeasonsNflBowlsI Want YouUnfortunateOne WordSuper BowlSports PsychologyPro FootballReally StupidFunny FootballNfl FootballNfl PlayersDumb Sports Author:Bill Peterson
“I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.” IfsWaySportsPsychologyNiceTomorrowSeasonsDiedPreservesNflFuneralSports Psychology Author:Don Shula