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" I'd like to work with kids in special education - younger kids. "
John Madden
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" 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. "
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" The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer. "
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" I was introduced to the Turducken in New Orleans. And it wasn't Thanksgiving. Glenn at the Gourmet Butcher Block brought it by, and I had never heard of it or had seen one, and they put it in the booth, and it smelled so good that I had to taste it. And it was good. Then Thanksgiving came, and we got one in addition to the traditional turkey. "
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" I think comparisons are odious. "
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" Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to a football unilaterally, such as adjust the amount of pressure in a ball, without the quarterback not knowing. It would have to be the quarterback's idea. "
John Madden
Football
Nobody
Pressure
" I never professed to be perfect. I do something wrong or something stupid, I laugh at myself. "
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" Jim Harbaugh has done a great job of coaching in the NFL no matter how you put it. "
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Done
" The best thing about getting older is knowing history. The longer you live, the longer you have been in a sport, the more you know, and the more you know where things started. "
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Know
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Best
" When people watch football, they're looking for fun things. "
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Watch
People
Fun
" People say, 'Is broadcasting the same as coaching?' I say, 'Hell, no.' Coaching, you win and lose. Broadcasting, you don't win and lose. Coaching was a lot bigger than broadcasting. "
John Madden
People
Win
You
" In all the years that I've been in football - I went directly from coaching to broadcasting - I never really had a lot of experience watching it. "
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Never
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" I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching. "
John Madden
Education
Experience
Coach
" 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. "
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Feeling
Go
Green
" Discipline is knowing what you're supposed to do and doing it as best you can... On third down and short yardage, the Raiders don't jump offside. That's discipline - not a coat and tie, not a clean shave. "
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Tie
Discipline
Short
" I respect coaches; I respect what good coaches do. I know that you don't learn to be a coach in an hour and a half. "
John Madden
Learn
You
Coach
" Both of my sons used to coach high school football. When they started, I'd say things I shouldn't have. So I learned my lesson. "
John Madden
School
High School
Lesson
" Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon. "
John Madden
Horse
Blind
Worry
" We need to let the referee's sole thing be to protect the quarterback and get those late hits out of there. They even have a stat on television that says 'knockdowns.' Knockdowns means that you knock him down after he throws the ball. The assumption is, if it's legal, we'll make excuses for them. "
John Madden
Late
Television
You
" If you play the video game, you become more interested and you want to know more about it. You want to read as much about it as you can, see it live and watch as many games as you can. If you're the type who wants to be as involved as you can in the sport, you're probably going to want to play 'Madden NFL.' "
John Madden
Play
Game
Know
" The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break. "
John Madden
Players
Break
Sports
" You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it. "
John Madden
You
Catch
Ball
" I've often said, 'If I had one drive to win a game to this day, and I had a quarterback to pick, I would pick Kenny.' Snake was a lot cooler than I was. He was a perfect quarterback and a perfect Raider. When you think about the Raiders, you think about Ken Stabler. "
John Madden
Drive
Day
Snake
" Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. "
John Madden
Stand
Class
Winner
" I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job. "
John Madden
Think
Know
Job
" The only things that smell good are fat and sugar. Tofu being boiled doesn't smell good. Anything that smells good is fattening. "
John Madden
Things
Sugar
Good
" When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction. "
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Direction
Fix
" Al Davis has been the biggest influence in my professional football life. I mean, he was a guy that gave me an opportunity, one, to get into professional football in 1967 as an assistant coach, and then at the age of 32, giving me the opportunity to be the head coach. "
John Madden
Life
Opportunity
Me
" Nothing jazzes me up like football. I've acquired more passion of the years, not less. Not to love it wouldn't make sense. "
John Madden
Up
Nothing
Passion
" I tried golf for a while, but I wasn't very good at it, so I didn't play a lot of golf. I enjoy all sports, not just football. I like basketball, baseball, and I got into the World Cup. So really, sports in general are my life, and football specifically. "
John Madden
Sports
Football
Life
" I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a football coach, then a football broadcaster. It's been my life. Pro football has been my life since 1967. I've enjoyed every part of it. Never once did it ever feel like work. "
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Life