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If you go back to the history...

If you go back to the history of the 'Madden' game, I was probably on the cover of it half the time. So if I was to believe there was a curse, I would also have to believe I'd been cursed. And I've never had that feeling.

John Madden 78 quotes

Even when I was a little kid,...

Even when I was a little kid, I hated to dress up. I hated to put on regular shoes. I wanted to play all the time. I hate to wear any kind of coat or sweater. I've never liked hot. I've never liked to be warm.

John Madden 78 quotes

One of the biggest gaps in sp...

One of the biggest gaps in sports is the difference between the winning and losing teams of the Super Bowl. They don't invite the losing team to the White House. They don't have parades for them. They don't throw confetti on them.

John Madden 78 quotes

Any time you get a new runnin...

Any time you get a new running back, whether it's a rookie or hasn't played a lot, that's the first thing you test, is their pass protection. That's big.

John Madden 78 quotes

The quarterback has to get ri...

The quarterback has to get rid of the ball quickly, so there's not a lot of time to make moves to gain separation.

John Madden 78 quotes

The only things that smell go...

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 78 quotes

Trip Hawkins - and this was t...

Trip Hawkins - and this was the early 1980s - was saying there's going to be a day when everyone has a computer and they're going to want to do more on it, including playing games. So he started up a company, EA Sports, and he was going to have three games, football, basketball and baseball. So I was the football game.

John Madden 78 quotes

That's the biggest gap in spo...

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

John Madden 78 quotes

I'm not afraid of flying; I j...

I'm not afraid of flying; I just fear I'm going to die. I think I'm - vulnerable. I admit it. I don't fly. I got claustrophobia. I don't go in high buildings. I don't do those things. I'm just myself, whatever that is.

John Madden 78 quotes

I was introduced to the Turdu...

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.

John Madden 78 quotes

Nobody, not even the head coa...

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 78 quotes

The thing that I always respe...

The thing that I always respected about Bruce Arians was, when he was at Pittsburgh, he let Ben Roethlisberger decide what he liked. I used to do that. You can put something in and force-feed it to a quarterback. But if he doesn't like it and have his heart in it, it's not going to be as good as when he really likes something.

John Madden 78 quotes

Thursday night football is he...

Thursday night football is here to stay. So we're looking at ways to make it safer. Now they're playing division games, so you limit travel. Now the question is, should you play Sunday night before a Thursday night?

John Madden 78 quotes

I think comparisons are odiou...

I think comparisons are odious.

John Madden 78 quotes

If you think about it, I've n...

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.

John Madden 78 quotes

Both of my sons used to 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 78 quotes

The best thing about getting ...

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 78 quotes

I was an old tackle riding ar...

I was an old tackle riding around talking to people about sports. Like I've said to a lot of people over the years, 'I only go where old tackles go, and if an old tackle does not belong there, I'm not going.'

John Madden 78 quotes

It takes about three times as...

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.

John Madden 78 quotes

I'm the luckiest guy in the w...

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.

John Madden 78 quotes

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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