Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 per cent temper and 10 per cent mental.

— Doug Plank

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.

— Tim Green

Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare. They are consumed in 12 minutes. Half-times take 12 minutes. This is not coincidence.

— Erma Bombeck

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

— Erma Bombeck

Football is not a contact sport. It's a collision sport. Dancing is a good example of a contact sport.

— Duffy Daugherty