John Madden Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I'm sure that had I not been a coach, I would have been some form of a teacher.”

“If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic.”

“If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me 'Coach,' but if they know me for the video game, they just call me 'Madden.'”

“Baseball has better opening days and All-Star Games than the N.F.L. does. Ours stink.”

“Both of my sons used to coach high school football. When they started, I'd say things I shouldn't have. So I learned my lesson.”

“Nothing jazzes me up like football. I've acquired more passion of the years, not less. Not to love it wouldn't make sense.”

“Trip Hawkins - and this was the early 1980s - was saying there's going to be a day when everyone has a computer and they're going to want to do more on it, including playing games. So he started up a company, EA Sports, and he was going to have three games, football, basketball and baseball. So I was the football game.”

“If you play the video game, you become more interested and you want to know more about it. You want to read as much about it as you can, see it live and watch as many games as you can. If you're the type who wants to be as involved as you can in the sport, you're probably going to want to play 'Madden NFL.'”

“You're not going to eliminate concussions. Anytime you hit your head, you have a chance of getting a concussion, in any sport, too. I think we have to learn more about it. Part of it is rules, part of it is equipment, part of it is medical studies, knowing more about the brain.”

“Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't get out of your system.”