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John Madden Quotes

Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to a football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea.

John Madden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: entertainer
Nationality: american
Birth: April 10, 1936

Topics

Football Pressure Not Knowing Nobody

When I walk through an airport and people go, 'You're not fat!' I'm like, 'Thanks. That's great. Good to know I'm not fat today! Thank you!'

Jessica Simpson

Good Today Great Walk People Fat

I do get a fair amount of scripts; I got 'Frozen River' kinda just that way. I have a hard time turning my back on anybody who says they have something for me.

Melissa Leo

Time River Me Back Way Hard

I respect coaches; I respect what good coaches do. I know that you don't learn to be a coach in an hour and a half.

John Madden

Good Respect Learn You Know Coach

When I saw the scene in 'Close Encounters,' and Richard Dreyfuss's son is screaming at him - that's a heartbreaking scene. And I remember being devastated by 'E.T.' Or when E.T. started to get sick. That broke me up a little bit.

Jeff Nichols

Son Me Sick Remember Him Up

I get up in the morning. I usually do a radio interview early in the morning. I usually do a book signing, because I'm also a cookbook author, so I'm at some store, at a Walmart or a Williams Sonoma, for three hours, standing up, signing autographs, and taking pictures for three hours.

Trisha Yearwood

Morning Book Early Pictures Three

My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician.

Toots Thielemans

Parents Me Sunday Musician Gestures

I'm a catalyst for change. You can't be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place.

Rupert Murdoch

Change You Place Leaving Over Years

My father will always be my hero. He pioneered two successful companies that paved the way for the technology services industry and has devoted much of his life to helping people in need and those who serve our nation in the armed forces.

Ross Perot, Jr.

Life Father Technology Hero People

When I was defense minister, I was very popular, and now that I'm president, I'm unpopular because I'm trying to make peace. It's much easier to make war and get trophies.

Juan Manuel Santos

Peace War Trying Now President Get

The whole romanticized 'sad clown' thing, we gotta get rid of that. That has to go! That's just getting sick people to voluntarily stay sicker and sadder than they have to be.

Chris Gethard

Sad People Sick Go Clown Stay

I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War.

Clint Eastwood

War Republican Out Started Us Get

You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film.

Brandon Routh

Think Feel You Go Sometimes Want