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Stupid Football Quotes

Ridiculous! Outrageous! Stupid Football Quotes

By Simran Khurana, About.com

Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, eminent sports personalities reveal their ignorance. That's when they make stupid remarks, which get etched in public memory. And the unforgiving media harps on these stupid quotes much to the amusement of the audience. So spice up the game with some stupid football quotes.

Torrin Polk (on his coach, John Jenkins)
He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings.

Ray Prefontaine (about son, Steve)
He was too small for football and he got tired of sitting on the bench all the time.

Tim Green
Let's face it, you have to have a slightly recessive gene that has a little something to do with the brain to go out on the football field and beat your head against other human beings on a daily basis.

Author Unknown
Concerning football playing, I protest to you it may rather be called a friendly kind of fighting, rather than recreation.

Thierry Henry
Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

Chuck Knox
Football players win football games.

RB George Rogers (about the upcoming season)
I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.

Darrell Royal (Texas football coach, on Longhorn injuries resulting from poor physical conditioning)
One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?

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