Jerry Kramer Quotes

• Making the effort to improve as a human being is what Coach Lombardi was all about. He was able to see the gap between where we were and what we could become-both as football players and as people. And he felt it was his God-given responsibility to close that gap.

  Jerry Kramer

  Football, Responsibility, Player

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• Lombardi has to have the highest threshold of pain in the world - none of our injuries hurts him at all.

  Jerry Kramer

  Leadership, Sports, Hurt

  Jerry Kramer (2008). “Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer”, p.112, Anchor

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• Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job.

  Jerry Kramer

  Jobs, Games, Attention

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• When the game is over, it is really just beginning.

  Jerry Kramer

  Perseverance, Ambition, Games

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• It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do.

  Jerry Kramer

  Children, Successful, Parent

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• Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them.

  Jerry Kramer

  Cheer, Jogging, Alive

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• My whole life has been one of seeking experience.

  Jerry Kramer

  Whole Life, Whole, Has Beens

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• College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.

  Jerry Kramer

  Sweet, College, Hopeful

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• Then to have your baby playing at the school you played at and having him play well is a special treat.

  Jerry Kramer

  Girl, Baby, School

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• In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.

  Jerry Kramer

  November, Patient, Killing

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• To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.

  Jerry Kramer

  Ovation, Kind, Offensive Lineman

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• Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.

  Jerry Kramer

  Kids, Games, Play

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