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"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw."
-Ron Atkinson

"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
Joe Theismann in 2002. It turns out that Joe Theismann went to high school with a Norman Einstein, who was the class valedictorian.

"Half this game is ninety percent mental"
- Danny Ozark, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies

"It is beyond my apprehension."
- Danny Ozark, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies when asked by reporter what he thought of his team during a losing streak.

"The people don't take baths and they don't speak English. No golf courses, no room service. Who needs it?"
- Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, talking about Europe

"Well, we've determined that we can't win at home and we can't win on the road. What we need is a neutral site."
- John McKay, the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, during the inaugural season of 1976 when the Bucs endured a 0-14 record.

"Well, we didn't block real good but we made up for it by not tackling."
- John McKay, the first coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, during the inaugural season of 1976 when the Bucs endured a 0-14 record.

"I'm in favor of it."
- John McKay, coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976, when asked about the execution of his team.

"You guys line up alphabetically by height."
- Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach

"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.
- Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach

"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
Metro Radio, College Football

"The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top."
-O.J. Simpson

"It's a humbling thing being humble."
- Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett on seeing his stock drop as the 2005 NFL draft was approaching. The Broncos selected Clarett in the third round but eventually released him

"So far, the hardest part has been trying to come up with something that rhymes with Urlacher."
-- Country music star Tim McGraw, on reworking the lyrics to his hit I Like It, I Love It to coincide with the Monday Night Football halftime highlight reel

 

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