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John Madden Quotes

American - Entertainer | April 10, 1936 -

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

Humble Stand Winner Be Humble Class

If you win a Super Bowl before you're fired, you're a genius, and everyone listens to you. But a coach is just a guy whose best class in grammar school was recess and whose best class in high school was P.E. I never thought I was anything but a guy whose best class was P.E.

Best School Win High School Thought

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

Sports Loser Winner Super Bowl Gap

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

Success Champion Society Anything

Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else. To me, it was important to be able to chew out a player for screwing up and for him to accept it because he knew I liked him anyway.

Me Important Accept Knowing Coach

It takes about three times as long to explain to someone why you won't give them an autograph as it does to actually give them an autograph.

Someone Long You Three Why Explain

The best thing about getting older is knowing history. The longer you live, the longer you have been in a sport, the more you know, and the more you know where things started.

Live History Best Getting Older You

Justin Smith was one of the most underrated players in the NFL for what he did. He would sacrifice and do the dirty work, then someone else would clean up off it.

Work Sacrifice Someone Dirty Clean

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

Blind Worry Horse Being Just Wagon

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

Work Work Hard Play Hard Anything

When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction.

Saying Tough Direction You Go Know

I would never be one to critique the announcers when I watched games. I try to watch the play and listen to the broadcasters and what they are pointing out. I was never one to say this one was good or bad.

Good Bad Play Say Try Never

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