I remember when we were making 'They Call It Pro Football,' which was our 'Citizen Kane.' The first line is 'It starts with a whistle and ends with a gun.' Votes: 3
Marino was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, and his name always comes up when the conversation centers on the greatest quarterbacks of all time. But his greatness comes with an asterisk: He never won the Big Game. Votes: 3
Pro Football Hall of Famer is something that everyone recognizes as the pinnacle of any achievement in sport. All the fame and all the recognition that we single out in various industries, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is really special. Votes: 3
Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football. Votes: 1
Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. Votes: 1
Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts. Votes: 1
I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football? Votes: 1
I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers. Votes: 1
Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. Votes: 1
You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away. Votes: 1
The only other human endeavor on which there's more 16-millimeter film than pro football is World War II, and we're going to pass that in 2013. Votes: 1
When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. Votes: 1
At many a moment on many a day, I am convinced that pro football must be a game for madmen, and I must be one of them. Votes: 1
Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass. Votes: 1
I'm not like some guys who, if the Ravens lose, are ready to jump off the top of M&M Stadium. There are other things in life besides pro football. Votes: 1
Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud... He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now. Votes: 1
Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record. Votes: 1
People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life. Votes: 1
There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - we're talking sixth grade here - that I strongly considered a future writing and drawing comic books. I have been making stuff up ever since. Votes: 1
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. Votes: 1
I love college football and I love pro football. This is how fair-weathered I am. I used to be a Giants fan, but my son who's turning 12 has really gotten into football, and he likes the Jets, so I totally jumped ships so we can root for the same team. Votes: 1
I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a football coach, then a football broadcaster. It's been my life. Pro football has been my life since 1967. I've enjoyed every part of it. Never once did it ever feel like work. Votes: 1
Without a doubt in my mind, I should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You look at my stats without my USFL stats, and I don't know how you can argue with that. Look at my combined yards. I'm not one to make excuses, so I'll play by their rules and not even count the USFL stats. Votes: 1
I'm not pro-life, and I'm not pro-choice. I'm pro-football. Votes: 0
A lot of people wanted me to play college football, but I wanted to get started playing pro baseball. Votes: 0
Until Sammy Baugh - pro football in Texas was a one-paragraph story on the third page of the Monday sports section. Votes: 0
We will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games. Votes: 0
College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game. Votes: 0
No pro football player should die of heatstroke, any more than cholera, in this day and age if the most basic attention is paid and precautions are taken. Votes: 0
I'm in pro football to win, to have the Raiders dominate, to have the Raiders global, and we're not going to be able to do that with a half-filled stadium. Votes: 0
The consumer game is tougher than pro football and more conniving than chess. One side [industry] invents the rules and the other side [consumers] is left to guess what they are. Votes: 0
Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now. Votes: 0
There is a progression of understanding vis-Ã -vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance --physical, emotional, intellectual and every other way. . . Which is exactly the way it should be . . . Votes: 0
I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players. Votes: 0
Pro football is a game; not a war. It's for win or lose, not life or death... but say that in the summer, for winter brings the playoffs, and a season is at stake. Votes: 0
Boxing was on the one hand barbaric, unconscionable, out of place in modern society. But then, so are war, racism, poverty, and pro football. Men died boxing, yet there was nobility in defending oneself. Votes: 0
When I was a kid, I'd watch pro football on TV and I'd see someone make a play and I'd say, 'I wish that could be me.' But then I'd have to wonder, 'Could I make that big play?'
I've had a lot of clouds in my life since I got into pro football -- too many -- but now I feel like I can see really clearly for the first time. And I can see the Super Bowl from here.
The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn't just happen. You don't wake up one day and discover you're a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football player. It takes time.
My father wanted me to play pro football, and he didn't like the fact that I'd left school. And he said, "It takes a man to play football. And any fool can go up on the stage and make an ass of himself.
There was a long stint during my childhood after I gave up on being a pro football player - were talking sixth grade here - that I strongly considered a future writing and drawing comic books. I have been making stuff up ever since.
Football is a more beautiful game in high definition. Votes: 5 Jose Mourinho
Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. Votes: 3 Frank Gifford