Cris Collinsworth Quotes

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Cris Collinsworth

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : January 27, 1959

I like girls that aren't too bright because you can trick 'em a little bit.

Cris Collinsworth

That's always going to be the issue though when you're playing with a young quarterback. There's going to be ups and downs.

Cris Collinsworth

I have said things to people on the field and in business that I cannot believe came out of my mouth.When you compete with all you have, you reach some place deeper in your soul than most people know exists. That's why I love it. Business has taken me back to that competitive spot.

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I'm looking for a job where I can sleep late and have my afternoons free with a lot of money. But those jobs seem to all be filled for some reason.

Cris Collinsworth

Whether you're going to fail or succeed, you've got to be yourself.

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It's so easy to confirm what you believe about somebody by the numbers how fast they are, how tall they are, how strong they are, how smart they are. And yet football is always been a game where heart, determination and strength of will and character has so much to do with it.

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You don't want to get nervous or uptight. Nobody plays well that way.

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When I broadcast my first NFL game during the 1989 season, I had absolutely no idea what to study or how to study. NBC provided me with a handful of newspaper articles, we watched some film at the team facility on Friday before the game, and we interviewed some players and coaches.

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I know the fastest way for me to get acclaim is to criticize the league. I can do that tomorrow. I come out and criticize the league, and they're all going to be writing stories about how edgy I am. The problem comes in, what happens if you feel the other way?

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Doing the games for the NFL Network on Thursday night on a short week, that's work.

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Who the heck wants to go to school after you just played in the Super Bowl?

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Lots of guys have tried to impersonate John Madden and it just doesn't work.

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No matter what anybody says, they cannot keep up with all 32 teams in the NFL, and certainly not 32 NFL teams and 100 college teams.

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The hardest thing in the world is to know as much about any team as a good, solid fan in that area.

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Believe me, I'm not longing for the days when I was going to become a lawyer. Especially come tax time.

Cris Collinsworth

We do plenty of high praise, but if a play deserves to be criticized or I don't believe he belongs in the game, the fans deserve to hear it.

Cris Collinsworth

For a football fan, there might be nothing better than watching a playoff game at Lambeau Field - and seeing it decided, dramatically, in overtime.

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In college, the students and alumni are generally 100 percent behind the team. Only the coach gets the blame when something goes wrong.

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I have an accounting degree and a law degree and had never really used either.

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Whatever the name of their favorite team or whatever city I'm in, everybody is completely convinced that I hate not any other team, just their team.

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