Art Donovan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore.”

“I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they kept laughing.”

“I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. You got to remember that I'd been a Marine, had gone through basic training and spent 26 months in the Pacific during WWII, but the Marine drill instructors had nothing on Clem.”

“I was 17 pounds when I was born. My mother couldn't walk for three weeks.”

“There's a lady up in heaven who must be very proud of the way the people in Baltimore have treated her boy from the Bronx.”

“Broke my femur on a cruise with my wife in Italy. I'd walked back to my cabin after dinner with half a plate of spaghetti when I leaned in to open the door. Turns out it was already open, so I fell flat on my face like something from the Keystone Kops.”