John Madden Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“We need to let the referee's sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They even have a stat on television that says 'knockdowns.' Knockdowns means that you knock him down after he throws the ball. The assumption is, if it's legal, we'll make excuses for them.”

“I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job.”

“I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record, everything stinks, and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.”

“They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school football and all football.”

“Having been in football all my life as a player and a coach and having been on the sideline, I think the closer we can get to bringing people what it's like standing and watching the game on the sideline, with a better view, would be the perfect situation for television football.”

“To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.”

“Sports has always been a pass-through. You pay for something, and then you pass it through to television, you pass it through to advertisers, or you pass it through to season-ticket holders, luxury boxes and then the fans. Then it all adds up, and you take in more than you pass out.”

“Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.”

“I'd like to work with kids in special education - younger kids.”

“When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.”