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Joe Namath

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    Joe Namath

    After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.

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    Joe Namath

    After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.

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    Joe Namath

    As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.

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    Joe Namath

    Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.

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    Joe Namath

    Football is a team game. So is life.

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    Joe Namath

    How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.

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    Joe Namath

    I am a football fan, yeah.

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    Joe Namath

    I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.

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    Joe Namath

    I can't compare family to athletics.

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    Joe Namath

    I can't wait until tomorrow 'cause I get better looking every day.

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    Joe Namath

    I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.

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    Joe Namath

    I don't care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don't care so long as he's straight with me and our dealings are fair.

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    Joe Namath

    I don't know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf.

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    Joe Namath

    I don't think that I've ever been a backup.

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    Joe Namath

    I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.

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    Joe Namath

    If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

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    Joe Namath

    I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.

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    Joe Namath

    I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.

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    Joe Namath

    I spent the nights before the Jets' two biggest games last year - for the AFL championship and the Super Bowl - with girls. But I don't consider that bad or foolish of me... The night before a game, I prepare myself both mentally and physically for the next day. I think a ballplayer has to be relaxed to play well; and if that involves being with a girl that night, he should do it.

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    Joe Namath

    It feels good to show some courage.

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    Joe Namath

    I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.

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    Joe Namath

    I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.

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    Joe Namath

    I took my time to find the perfect girl.

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    Joe Namath

    I've always said I'm going to get married only once.

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    Joe Namath

    I've been some through some things medically. I've seen some things on my brain. But I've had some treatment - and I've improved.

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    Joe Namath

    I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.

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    Joe Namath

    I've got news for you. We're gonna win the game. I guarantee it.

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    Joe Namath

    I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggguulliing...We're looking to make a noise now and ... I wanna kiss you!

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    Joe Namath

    I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling.

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    Joe Namath

    I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling. What we know is we can improve. Chad Pennington, our quarterback, missed the first part of the season, and we struggled. We're looking to next season. We're looking to make a noise now, and I wanna kiss you!

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    Joe Namath

    I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.

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    Joe Namath

    I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.

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    Joe Namath

    I was born with the gift.

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    Joe Namath

    I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.

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    Joe Namath

    I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

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    Joe Namath

    Johnny Unitas was my hero.

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    Joe Namath

    My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.

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    Joe Namath

    My family's the most important thing in my life.

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    Joe Namath

    My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.

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    Joe Namath

    None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we're just not designed for.

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    Joe Namath

    Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure.

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    Joe Namath

    The game is choreographed; it is mental, it is physical, it is a battle. People can feel those hits when they are in the stadium, you feel them and you see the velocity of the players.

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    Joe Namath

    The reality of it, excuse me, is when you're in the public they already have a perception of you, ... And that can be a little awkward.

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    Joe Namath

    There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.

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    Joe Namath

    Things change when you have children; your priorities change.

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    Joe Namath

    Times have changed. The athletes have changed.

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    Joe Namath

    To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.

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    Joe Namath

    To win, you have to lose, and then get pissed off.

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    Joe Namath

    Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college and I guess I agreed with them or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.

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    Joe Namath

    We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.