John Madden's Quotes

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

Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

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

That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

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

I think comparisons are odious.

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

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

If a guy doesn't work hard and doesn't play well, he can't lead anything. All he is, is a talker.

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.

I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums.

If you think about it, I've never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven't worked a day in my life.