John Madden Quotes

He got up looking out of his earhole!

You know, there's a rule in sports, "Don't do anything great if you can't handle the congratulations."

I think comparisons are odious.

at the end of the game the team with the most points on the board is going to win.

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

Usually, the team that turns the ball over less will hold on to the ball more

There is a difference in being in shape and being in football shape. Any one can out on the field and run around , but once you start getting hit and have to get up then you find out the difference between being in shape and football shape.

Give something that wasn't expected.

I'd like to work with kids in special education - younger kids.

As I look back now on my coaching career, I think of my family, I think of the days that we spent together. I say this to coaches everywhere: If you ever have a chance to take your kids with you, take them. Don't miss that opportunity. Because when it's all over and done with, when you look back, those are going to be your fondest memories.

If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.

There's a lot of letters in Ladanian Tomlinson

If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me 'Coach,' but if they know me for the video game, they just call me 'Madden.'

When its raining the field gets wet, then all of a sudden everyones running slower

Winning is a great deodorant.

If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life.

When you have great players, playing great, well that's great football!

Playing in this nice weather really makes me remember all the times I got stung by a bee.

When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.

You can't win a game if you don't score any points.

The best way to gain more yards is advance the ball down the field from the line of scrimmage.

Here's a guy who when he runs, he moves faster.

See, well ya see, the thing is, he should have caught that ball. But the ball is bigger than his hands.

Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't get out of your system.

If you lose your best cornerback and punter, I'd say that's a double loss.

In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.

I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record - everything stinks - and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.

If the quarterback throws the ball in the endzone and the wide receiver catches it, it's a touchdown.

I always used to tell my players that we are here to win! And you know what, Al? When you don't win, you lose.

Real frontier-busting math explores new worlds . . . . If you can communicate that experience, somewhere between math and uncertainty, life experience provides the balance.

Well, when you're playing good football, it's good football and if you don't have good football, then you're not really playing good football.

Here's a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.

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

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

He might want to watch where he lands when tackling that guy, because he could really hurt his hand if it gets stepped on.

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else.

Discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it. Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as best you can.

From the waist down, Earl Campbell has the biggest legs I have ever seen on a running back.

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

The best feeling is watching a real football game, because the games they show in the movies aren't real.

Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

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

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

Some yards is better than none yards?

There was a hidden narrative I felt we could get into, It's about an accessible world. Family and relationships are accessible subjects.

Boom, boom, foom, poom! He just ran right at 'em!

Nothing jazzes me up like football. I've acquired more passion of the years, not less. Not to love it wouldn't make sense.