Best 34 quotes of John Madden on MyQuotes

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.

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.

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

He got up looking out of his earhole!

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 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.'

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

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

I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums.

In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had a lot of experience watching it.

In order for this team to win the game, the quarterback has to throw the ball.

I think comparisons are odious.

It's a big deal. ABC and MNF are a big part of NFL history, and it's going to end with the Super Bowl (on ABC). You can't say you're not looking forward to it .

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.

I wasn't saying that in a sense that I didn't plan on scoring any goals. This won't happen again. It would be nice if it did, but it's reality.

I would have all my offensive linemen wrestle if I could.

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

Mark Brunell usually likes to soak his balls before a rainy game.

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

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

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

That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.

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

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

The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings, the whole thing. The loser puts his head down and goes to his house.

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.

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

They'll score if they can just get into the endzone.

To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

Whenever you talk about a Mike Shanahan offense, you're always going to be talking about his offense.

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

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

Winning is a great deodorant.

There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade just in case they were allergic to the water or vice versa.