Top Ten Funny and Amusing Quotations From and About the NFL

• I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today. - President Gerald Ford
• I just wrap my arms around the whole backfield and peel 'em one by one until I get to the ball carrier. Him, I keep. - DT Big Daddy Lipscomb on his tackling technique
• He is the only man I ever saw who ran his own interference. - Steve Owen on Bronko Nagurski
• I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first. - Saints RB, George Rogers
• I'm a light eater. As soon as it's light, I start to eat. - Art Donovan
• The reason women don't play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit in public. - Phyllis Diller
• Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental. - Doug Plank, former-Chicago Bears
• Rapport? You mean like, 'You run as fast as you can, and I'll throw it as far as I can?' - QB Jeff Kemp on his rapport with WR Jerry Rice
• We're as clean as any team. We wash our hands before we hit anybody. - Nate Newton
• I always enjoy animal acts. - President Calvin Coolidge when asked if he wanted to meet the Chicago Bears