Quotes from Cris Collinsworth

I've had so many conversations over the years with Phil Simms about just grinding it out and winning ugly.

Anytime you see somebody get hurt in this country and it's on television, and it seems unfair... I hope every human being in the United States feels some pain with that.

At Florida, I could outrun or out jump a lot of players. But everyone in this league runs either a 4.4 or 4.5 and can jump out of the stadium.

That's always going to be the issue though when you're playing with a young quarterback. There's going to be ups and downs.

Hey, I learned early the game of football is just that, a game, and you can't get too uptight. If things get too terrible, you can always go out and get another job somewheres else.

You don't want to get nervous or uptight. Nobody plays well that way.

I love CeeDee Lamb coming out of the draft. I just really did. And Amari Cooper is one of the best one-on-one route runners.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson is not an overpowering guy, but a good pass blocker.

In college, the students and alumni are generally 100 percent behind the team. Only the coach gets the blame when something goes wrong.

I tell my kids all the time, 'I want you to be a great athlete, I want you to be great academically, I want you to achieve a lot of things, but mostly I want you to be a great person. If none of the other stuff happens and you're a great person, then I'm okay with anything else that happens in your life - that's the highest standard.'

Most of the really stupid comments I've made in my years in Cincinnati are concerning bachelorhood.

I didn't want people to see me driving a new car and living in a high style and then playing poorly.

I'm looking for a job where I can sleep late and have my afternoons free with a lot of money. But those jobs seem to all be filled for some reason.

Growing up is hard enough. When you have to deal with adults all day, it's just that much more difficult.

You know, I'm really bad at apologies. I'm just really bad at 'em.

It should be easier for athletes to be students.

I'd be less than honest if I said I didn't have my doubts as to whether my children should be playing football.

Believe me, I'm not longing for the days when I was going to become a lawyer. Especially come tax time.

John Madden is just special.