George Blanda Quotes

George Blanda

Profession : Football Player

Birth : September 17, 1927

It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top - in business or in sports.

George Blanda

They don't have to tell me what life is like in a ghetto.

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I had six brothers and four sisters and I competed with my brothers every day when I was a kid. If you lost in my family, they kidded the pants off you until you won again.

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You know, Billy Cannon is very fast.

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Most players who've been around any length of time think of training camp as a time of hard work, frustration and monotony. But I can honestly say I look forward to it.

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Once you quit football, you might want to come back. But if you sit out a year, you're finished.

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I sat on the bench and then came in and made a pass or two.

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Favre is smarter than the coaches. Most of those coaches have never played pro football, and they're second-guessing him?

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I never retired from any of my teams; I was fired.

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I knew I would be cut one day. But I never thought I would retire.

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Age is a frame of mind.

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You never want to give it up. You always think you're capable, always think you're better than the other guy.

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I wish I could have played more.

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The one record I was happy to get rid of was the one for the most interceptions, when Brett Favre got that one.

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The game that I remember the most was playing against Cleveland in 1970. We were down 20-13 and I came in and we got a touchdown and then we got a field goal in the last three seconds.

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We did all the strategy right on the field. Today, the coaches call all the plays, so all the quarterbacks have to do is perform. They are more or less programmed.

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Halas was a great coach, but the only problem I had with him, the problem all the players had with him, was that we didn't get paid very much.

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Playing on the same team with Sid Luckman and Bulldog Turner and against people like Sammy Baugh, those were nostalgic days for me.

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When I look back on my nine years with the Raiders, what comes to mind first is my great association with Al Davis. If it had not been for him I may not have done the things I did once I left Houston. I may not have even kept playing if it weren't for Al. I respected him highly.

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I'm a hardened old guy. I've been cut in so many ways and dumped on by so many teams, I've been through it all, but I'd do it all over.

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