George Blanda Quotes

George Blanda

Profession : Football Player

Birth : September 17, 1927

I would work all day and then go the gym in the evening. I owed it to myself to take care of myself.

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I hate when people lump me in with kickers that lasted a long time. I have respect for guys like Morten Andersen, but I was a football player, not just a kicker.

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Halas used to tell his players that football is what you make of it. It should not be what defines you, but football should be a stepping stone for what you achieve in the rest of your life.

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The Super Bowl wasn't that big. It was just a game.

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No one ever dreams about being a backup quarterback.

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When I signed with the Oilers, I felt like a rookie. I was 33.

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I sat out the 1959 season.

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I think the AFL was capable of beating the NFL in a Super Bowl game as far back as 1960 or '61. I just regret we didn't get the chance to prove it.

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People are forever knocking kicking, but it's not easy, believe me. Ask Scott Norwood when he missed the field goal in the Super Bowl.

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People watch TV and think a two-foot putt is the greatest thing in the world when a guy knocks it in. But nobody is rushing you. You don't have a center, you don't have a holder. You don't have 100,000 people screaming at you.

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It's very sweet to win against people who let you go.

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I learned a long time ago that you only have a few friends in this world - your wife and family and a very few friends.

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Anything I do, I want to win.

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I've got to watch what I eat. Seems like if I even look hard at food I gain weight.

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I don't believe in getting mad if a guy misses a block and I get hit. I don't yell at the players. Everybody gets beat sometime.

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I have no animosity toward Al Davis or John Madden.

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I talk common sense.

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Things never change in football, it's still blocking and tackling and execution, and having an experienced quarterback who is patient enough to take what the defense gives him.

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I like beating old standardbearers of the N.F.L.

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It tickles me to beat George Allen.

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