I started out wanting to coach football.

Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words.

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Here I was, this good guy that played football; I was gonna go play in college but I had a bad senior year. But I played guitar in assemblies whenever I could.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

Football is like life and I know life.

I attribute my entire football career, as far as getting me started, getting me interested, keeping me that way was my father. He went to every game even though he was crippled and wasn't real healthy.

Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts.

That's what we really mean by being feared on the football field. And not actually the player that fears him, it's the offensive coordinator that fears him or the running backs coach.

I don't watch that much football... I really like to play it.

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.