#pro football

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. ↗

— Dick Butkus

#deliberately #football #game #hurt #i

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. ↗

— Bob Lilly

#after #average #ball player #efforts #eight

Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football. ↗

— Wellington Mara

#absolutely #absolutely nothing #football #knew #nothing

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. ↗

— Frank Gifford

#football #like #nuclear #only #pro

Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts. ↗

— Jay Mohr

#contracts #football #pro #pro football #unfortunately

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. ↗

— Ron Jaworski

#business #complete #education #every #football

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. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#been #booed #cheered #cut #enter

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. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#american life #because #cases #court #court cases

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. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#chief #chief executive #commissioner #credit #develop

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.' ↗

— Steve Sabol

#citizen #citizen kane #ends #first #football