“In life as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.”— Theodore Roosevelt, theodorerooseveltcenter.org
“I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.”— Jim Brown, successories.com
“Nick has been solid all summer. He's played in the Lima Juniors and Toledo Juniors and dedicated himself to getting better. He's playing great and is really striking the ball well.”— Jim Brown, successories.com
“It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up.”— Emmitt Smith, successories.com
“Every time fans turned on the television or watched the Dallas Cowboys, I wanted to give them the performance of a lifetime.”— Emmitt Smith, profootballhof.com
“As my offense get better, my defense is goin be that much more better.”— Emmitt Smith, walterfootball.com
“The one thing that derail a team is a thing called the injury bugs.”— Emmitt Smith, walterfootball.com
“The loss tonight... And the loss today is gonna hurt for a long time.”— Emmitt Smith, walterfootball.com
“Let's not judge the Giants until we're in the bottom half of the season... The bottom half of the schedule get much tougher.”— Emmitt Smith, walterfootball.com
“I love those style of play that the Tennessee Titans bring to the game.”— Emmitt Smith, walterfootball.com
“Because a football game is just sixty minutes, but I'm training six, seven hours in every day. So, going for sixty minutes becomes easy. More importantly, I think that your muscles mature and can move in all different directions.”— Ray Lewis, sports.yahoo.com
“There's one secret to hitting hard, and that is to completely dedicate your body. That's the difference between a man going forward and a man going backward, no matter how big he is.”— Ray Lewis, mensjournal.com
“I asked my mom for a deck of cards. She said, ‘Boy, you know I don't allow no gambling.’ I was like, ‘Ma, it ain't about that.’ I would go into my room—I lived in the garage at the time—and flip the deck up. If the card was a six, I'd do six push-ups. Then if the next card was a face card, I'd do 10…”— Ray Lewis, mensjournal.com
“When I step on the field, it's on. I know it's time to go to work.”— Ray Lewis, carrollcountytimes.com
“Don't walk through life just playing football. Don't walk through life just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone's life, that's the ultimate vision, that's the ultimate goal—bottom line.”— Ray Lewis, books.google.com
“The game is choreographed; it is mental, it is physical, it is a battle. People can feel those hits when they are in the stadium, you feel them and you see the velocity of the players.”— Joe Namath, americanprofile.com