Nfl Quotes - Page 16

• In the NFL they talk about "contracts," but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that.

  Eric Dickerson

  Mean, Cutting, Agreement

  "Eric Dickerson Interview: Hall of Fame RB Talks Randy Moss, NFL in LA and Rams". Interview with Bear Heiser, bleacherreport.com. November 5, 2010.

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• In the NFL, you have a short shelf life. As a running back, if you're the first pick, and you're NFL life expectancy is only 3.5-6 years, your first big contract might not come until three years in - well, you might never get there. They need to get those signing bonuses up front because nothing is guaranteed.

  Eric Dickerson

  Running, Years, Three

  "Eric Dickerson Interview: Hall of Fame RB Talks Randy Moss, NFL in LA and Rams". Interview with Bear Heiser, bleacherreport.com. November 5, 2010.

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• When I go back to NFL functions today, I feel a bit on the outside looking in. I played 13 years in the NFL, and I loved it - made a Pro Bowl and went to the playoffs - but I always felt like I was having to knock the door down to get in.

  Doug Flutie

  Years, Doors, Today

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• I think the state of the NFL has a very positive outlook.

  Roger Goodell

  Thinking, Positive Outlook, States

  "Commissioner Roger Goodell on the State of the NFL; Gridiron Greats Lynn Swann and Jerry Kramer Relive Super Bowl Memories". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 6, 2010.

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• I don't go to games as much as I used to because of the NFL's Sunday Ticket. So I'll watch the games, take notes.

  Steve Sabol

  Sunday, Games, Tickets

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• He made us realize that if the mind was willing, the body can go.

  Forrest Gregg

  Football, Mind, Body

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• If I had to put a percentage on it - I'd say not likely.

  Forrest Gregg

  Football, Percentages, Ifs

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• You structure your system to fit him if he's going to be your guy.

  Forrest Gregg

  Football, Guy, Fit

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• You can run on a football field but you can't hide out there.

  Sam Huff

  Football, Running, Fields

  Sam Huff, Kristine Setting Clark (2011). “Controlled Violence: On the Field and in the Booth”, p.3, Triumph Books

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• I love to see my records broken, I really do, you get a chance to relive your life, the whole experience.

  Don Hutson

  Football, Broken, Live Your Life

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• I can't write my life story without Emmitt and Troy. They can't write their life stories without me. We're tied together forever. This is a day to remember for the rest of our lives.

  Michael Irvin

  Sports, Football, Writing

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• There are all kinds of smiles. On the football field I mostly used the one where the hawk spots the dove.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Hawks, Fields

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• I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Guy, Shoulders

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• When it comes to your life's work, you can't take yourself too seriously. Even Jesus had an occasional joke with the boys, take walking on water, for instance - but there's a time and place for fun. Jesus never faltered when it came time to tip over the money stalls or to take his hard walk up the mountain.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Jesus, Fun

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• If you feel like you want to die, it's time to sit down and make a list of all the things you haven't done yet.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Done, Want

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• You hear all this stuff about inner peace. Hey, there's nothing wrong with it, but I say, hit that line hard. Crack that book - Do your very best all the time and inner peace will take care of itself. The Deacon guarantees it.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Book, Inner Peace

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• I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Believe, Trying

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• I reserve the right to change my mind. But once I decide on something, I'm going to need a good reason to switch.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Mind, Needs

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• First, you've got to get the job. "Yeah, I can do it," I would say. When I was a kid, I could do anything. Lucky nobody ever asked me if I could fly a jet plane.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Jobs, Kids

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• Know the difference between famous and great.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Differences, Knows

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• When I was a teenager, I was so dumb my mamma knocked me off the porch with a broom. You wish you had so good a mamma.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Teenager, Dumb

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• Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I will prepare myself. And my time will come." And you know, that's exactly what I said about myself and football - What do you think? Were Abe and I both just lucky ducks?

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Hard Work, Men

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• How can you possibly be sympathetic to every fool on the planet? Just the other day, I heard a man whining about his hopeless love of cross-dressing. Call me unenlightened, but I started to laugh.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Men, Laughing

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• I never was very big on praying for victory. For God to give a big win to the Denver Broncos, wouldn't He have to take it away from somebody else, say, the Green Bay Packers?

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Winning, Giving

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• The only rules not meant to be broken are those of love and virtue.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Broken, Virtue

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