John Madden Quotes

• If you think about it, I’ve never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven’t worked a day in my life.

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• I’m sure that had I not been a coach, I would have been some form of a teacher.

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• I’d like to work with kids in special education – younger kids.

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• 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.

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• If a guy doesn’t work hard and doesn’t play well, he can’t lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

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

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

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• The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

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• The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

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• Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

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

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• I think comparisons are odious.

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• 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.

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• Don’t worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

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• Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen to what they don’t want to hear.

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

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John Madden (16)

Birth:	10th April, 1936
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Coach, Football Player

About

John Madden was born in Austin, Minnesota, USA. He is an American former football player and coach for the National Football League. He won a Super Bowl as head coach of the Oakland Raiders in the American Football Conference of the NFL. In 2006, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career. He earned a BS degree in Education in 1959 and an MA degree in Education in 1961 both from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California. He married Virginia Fields in 1959. They have two sons, Joseph and Michael.

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