Nfl Quotes - Page 35

• The NFL draft is going to be this Thursday. That's a huge night for college players. That's the night they start being paid over the table.

  Jay Leno

  Football, Player, Night

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• In the NFL, 31 players have been arrested just since the Super Bowl. In fact, a lot of teams are switching to the no-huddle offense because players aren't allowed to associate with known felons.

  Jay Leno

  Football, Team, Player

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• Emmitt Smith is someone that I have great respect for - as a player, a competitor and a person. His contributions to the organization and the NFL speak for themselves.

  Emmitt Smith

  Player, Organization, Speak

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• The NFL has a hard cap, but if you ask 20 NFL experts who is going to win the Super Bowl this year, you might get 20 different answers. If you then asked 20 baseball experts who is going to represent the American League in the World Series, at least 90 percent of them would say the Yankees and the rest would say Seattle.

  Bob DuPuy

  Baseball, Winning, Years

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• Having failed as an NFL commentator, Limbaugh understands the power of football.

  Jason Whitlock

  Football, Commentators

  "Keep Rush Limbaugh Out of the NFL". Fox Sports, October 13, 2009.

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• A new report reveals that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent over $82,000 on food at NFL games. Christie said, 'Hey, both of those games went into overtime.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Games, Jersey, Hey

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• Yesterday the DEA raided several NFL teams suspected of giving prescription painkillers to their players. In its defense, the New York Jets' doctor said, 'We don't give painkillers to our players. We give them to our fans.'

  Conan O'Brien

  New York, Team, Player

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• Tim Tebow may be back in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles. As you remember, he was thrown out of the league when he landed his gyrocopter on the White House lawn.

  David Letterman

  Eagles, White, Philadelphia

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• Nothing is a violent as football and I bet you like. Just say you don't like it, or can't identify, don't come up with excuses like "It's too violent" while you wear some team's NFL jersey.

  Michael Wilbon

  Football, Team, Jersey

  "The Chat House with Michael Wilbon: Michigan State, Tiger Woods, Great Sports Movies and More". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 6, 2009.

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• The game of football, especially in the NFL, is all about situations, and coming out on the big end of that stick.

  Ndamukong Suh

  Football, Games, Sticks

  "The Shutdown Corner Interview: Ndamukong Suh". Interview with Doug Farrar, sports.yahoo.com. June 30, 2011.

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• A great guy who is no longer in the league right now who is retired, Kyle Vanden Bosch, I learned a lot from him, and I owe him a lot for my success in the NFL.

  Ndamukong Suh

  League, Guy, Retired

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• Is this my best team ever? I won't know that for another 20 years or so.

  Amos Alonzo Stagg

  Team, Years, Knows

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• It never changes. Football is a game of repetition, mental and physical. You may try to articulate it a little different, but it's the same thing: Get better players, make fewer mistakes, and drill the fundamentals into your players' heads. The rest of it is a joke. Teams aren't winning because of what they had for breakfast of what some coach said in the locker room.

  Barry Switzer

  Football, Mistake, Team

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• It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it.

  Barry Switzer

  Heart, College, Rejected

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• The key to his success? He's just faster than the guys chasing him.

  Barry Switzer

  Keys, Guy, Chasing

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• I want us to be a connected team-on and off the field.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Team, Want, Fields

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• I've always been supremely confident in my abilities. But the biggest confidence boost is when the guys around you, you feel like they have confidence in you.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Guy, Boost, Ability

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• Aaron Rodgers, starting quarterback - that just has a good ring to it.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Aaron Rodgers, Starting, Quarterback

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• The guys who stick around are the smartest guys and the guys who are the most self-driven. You have to have drive. The coaches can only take you so far. You have to want to learn and work.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Self, Guy, Want

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• I think very highly of myself. I think I'm capable of a lot of things on the field.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Thinking, Fields, Capable

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• Playing behind a first-ballot Hall of Famer, who also is the all-time record holder for consecutive starts by a quarterback, it's a different mind-set. You just have to challenge yourself in ways that you never challenged yourself before.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Challenges, Mind, Different

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• I know the pressure I'm under. I know who I'm following.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Pressure, Following, Knows

  "Milwaukee Talks: QB Aaron Rodgers, May 2008". Interview with Jason Wilde, onmilwaukee.com. May 23, 2008.

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• I'm always looking for challenges.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Challenges

  "Q&A with ... Packers QB Aaron Rodgers: 'Let's go get another one'". Interview with Vinnie Iyer, www.sportingnews.com. February 7, 2011.

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• Tonight is not a setback. It's just a learning experience.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Tonight, Learning Experience, Setback

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• I think the guys are starting to rally around my leadership style and the way I do things. I've been waiting for this opportunity my whole life.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Opportunity, Thinking, Guy

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