Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. John Madden More Quotes by John Madden More Quotes From John Madden I'm sure that had I not been a coach, I would have been some form of a teacher. John Madden coaches form teacher The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings, the whole thing. The loser puts his head down and goes to his house. John Madden down-and house sports 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. John Madden coaching football years 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. John Madden soldier special feelings In order for this team to win the game, the QB has to throw the ball. John Madden This offense is all about scoring points. John Madden 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, the Snake was The Snake than I was. John Madden sports 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 day game football sports If you win a Super Bowl before you're fired, you're a genius, and everyone listens to you. But a coach is just a guy whose best class in grammar school was recess and whose best class in high school was P.E. I never thought I was anything but a guy whose best class was P.E. John Madden best win you school Justin Smith was one of the most underrated players in the NFL for what he did. He would sacrifice and do the dirty work, then someone else would clean up off it. John Madden someone sacrifice work dirty 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 my-life work football life I have this set-up at my house where I have one big movie theater screen that's 9 ft. by 16 ft. Then, I have nine 63-inch monitors around it; four on either side and one underneath. So I get all nine one o'clock games, and I can switch them onto the big screen. That's what I do on the Sundays during the season. John Madden big i-can games house Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across. John Madden you physics simple football 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. John Madden down best you discipline 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 live game know you I was a coach, and I put a lot of education and experience into coaching. John Madden coach coaching experience education 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. John Madden direction saying you tough 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 game you time history 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 game you 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. John Madden picnic everyone look you
