John Madden Quotes


"The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break."
- John Madden
(Related: Coach, Rules)

"When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to."
- John Madden
(Related: Want)

"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."
- John Madden
(Related: Road)

"The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else."
- John Madden
(Related: Society, Success, Being)

"Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble."
- John Madden
(Related: Class, Self)

"If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day."
- John Madden
(Related: Day, Defense)

"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."
- John Madden
(Related: Time, Theater)

"Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear."
- John Madden
(Related: Coaches, Want)

"I think comparisons are odious."
- John Madden
(Related: Comparisons)