Quotes from John Madden

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

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

I think comparisons are odious.

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

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.

The best way to gain more yards is advance the ball down the field from the line of scrimmage.

There's so many kids who only know me from the video game. And they want to know if I'm home - and if I have a video game I can give them on Halloween. And sometimes they're surprised to learn there actually is a 'Madden.'

There's so many kids who only know me from the video game.

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.'

It's been the video game ever since I got out of coaching. Even when I was an announcer, fewer and fewer people remembered me as 'Coach,' and as the years went on, people just started knowing me from the game.

Sometimes we think videogames are just games for kids, and then once they get out of grammar school or high school, they never play again, but that's when they really start playing.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching.

Well, when you're playing good football, it's good football and if you don't have good football, then you're not really playing good football.

You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.

I always used to tell my players that we are here to win! And you know what, Al? When you don't win, you lose.

Here's a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time.

The defense should be expecting a run or a pass here.

If the quarterback throws the ball in the endzone and the wide receiver catches it, it's a touchdown.

In order for this team to win the game, the quarterback has to throw the ball.

You can't win a game if you don't score any points.

If you lose your best cornerback and punter, I'd say that's a double loss.

Playing in this nice weather really makes me remember all the times I got stung by a bee.

I wasn't saying that in a sense that I didn't plan on scoring any goals. This won't happen again. It would be nice if it did, but it's reality.