Art Donovan Quotes & Sayings

“I don't eat vegetables. I only eat food like cheeseburgers, Spam, hot dogs and pizza.”

“You know you're big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises.”

“I wouldn't want to go back over my life. I've done it all. I wouldn't have wanted to miss the Marine Corps. I wouldn't have wanted to miss the war. I wouldn't have missed college. Or playin' for the Colts. I got all the money I need. Five children. I got a truck. I have no regrets whatsoever.”

“People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.”

“Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I've tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips.”

“I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football?”

“I never met a cold cut I didn't like.”

“I went to college to play football, not to study it.”

“I'm not like some guys who, if the Ravens lose, are ready to jump off the top of M&M Stadium. There are other things in life besides pro football.”

“I tell people Baltimore is lucky to be rid of the Colts, they're so lousy, but I don't mean it.”