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" 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. "
John Madden
Know
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" They're on the right road, but there's a long way to go on concussions, not only in the NFL, but college football, high school football and all football. "
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College
School
" It takes about three times as long to explain to someone why you won't give them an autograph as it does to actually give them an autograph. "
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Why
" If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic. "
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You
Look
" The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else. "
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Society
Success
Only
" 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. "
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Football
Life
" Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. "
John Madden
Stand
Class
Winner
" It's a lot easier to get a suit than it is to get a coach. "
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Get
Coach
Easier
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Know
Me
Someone
" In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius. "
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Room
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Players
Break
Sports
" Having been in football all my life as a player and a coach and having been on the sideline, I think the closer we can get to bringing people what it's like standing and watching the game on the sideline, with a better view, would be the perfect situation for television football. "
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Life
Think
My Life
" 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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Seeing
Time
You
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Football
Nobody
Pressure
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Football
Travel
Looking
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New
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Test
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You
" 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. "
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Play
Think
Start
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Go
Going
You
" Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else. To me, it was important to be able to chew out a player for screwing up and for him to accept it because he knew I liked him anyway. "
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Knowing
Important
" 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. "
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Drive
Day
Snake
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