Cris Collinsworth Quotes

Author Image

Cris Collinsworth

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : January 27, 1959

I never shut up.

Cris Collinsworth

I'm a white wide receiver and that's revolutionary.

Cris Collinsworth

In order to play this game, at one point in your life you've got to be a little mentally deranged. And every once in a while, you've got to call upon that sickness and make it work for you.

Cris Collinsworth

Most of the really stupid comments I've made in my years in Cincinnati are concerning bachelorhood.

Cris Collinsworth

As a player, I never, never feared getting hurt, but I feared being embarrassed.

Cris Collinsworth

Pro athletes don't even practice as much as college players.

Cris Collinsworth

Daniel Jones has enough skills to play in the NFL at a high level.

Cris Collinsworth

For the most part, teams don't want distractions.

Cris Collinsworth

Football is much more than 1,500 N.F.L. players. You've got to realize that the N.F.L. sets the standard for young players. Whatever they see on TV, that's what football is.

Cris Collinsworth

I feel if football doesn't work out for me, I can always become a rock star.

Cris Collinsworth

You really don't get into a groove until you play two or three games.

Cris Collinsworth

I never cheer for anybody to be injured.

Cris Collinsworth

Most of us have been in a street fight at one point or another and it's not always the best athlete that wins. Sometimes it's a tough guy that surprises people and I think that still has a major role in football, which is why the numbers don't always decide things.

Cris Collinsworth

There aren't many people in the world that were on television in the history of God's green earth talking to 110 million people.

Cris Collinsworth

Whether it's Al Michaels, when the earthquake happened in San Francisco and his ability to handle it like Walter Cronkite would have handled it, or Bob Costas with his overview of what's happening with worldly events at the Olympics and the perspective that he has there, you know these guys are so well read.

Cris Collinsworth

At Florida, I could outrun or out jump a lot of players. But everyone in this league runs either a 4.4 or 4.5 and can jump out of the stadium.

Cris Collinsworth

In 2014, I bought controlling interest in Pro Football Focus. At the time we had 60 employees evaluating every player on every play of the NFL season.

Cris Collinsworth

There is nothing that anybody could do to make me any prouder of my daughter than what she's accomplishing at Harvard.

Cris Collinsworth

God forbid I do the 'Electric Slide' at a wedding or something. People would lose their minds.

Cris Collinsworth

You don't name something after something derogatory. You wouldn't name your child something derogatory. You wouldn't name your team something derogatory.

Cris Collinsworth