Terry Bradshaw Quotes

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Terry Bradshaw

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 2, 1948

When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.

Terry Bradshaw

You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain.

Terry Bradshaw

I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.

Terry Bradshaw

All great empires die from within.

Terry Bradshaw

I am a Christian guy. I've struggled with that; I have struggled with everything.

Terry Bradshaw

I am not much on down-time. I'm ADHD, and I gotta be moving.

Terry Bradshaw

I could not bounce back from my divorce - emotionally - I just could not bounce back.

Terry Bradshaw

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

Terry Bradshaw

I miss my coach. I love my coach. I miss Chuck Noll.

Terry Bradshaw

I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.

Terry Bradshaw

I have always felt like a fish in water with football, Fox, speeches, riding horses, and raising cattle.

Terry Bradshaw

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

Terry Bradshaw

As a player, it says everything about you if you made the Hall of Fame. But, then again, boy... there's something about winning a Super Bowl.

Terry Bradshaw

For an athlete, there's no time off... until it's over.

Terry Bradshaw

I don't have hair anymore. I've shrunk. I'm barely 6 feet 2 inches. I just had my teeth fixed because I'm a grinder.

Terry Bradshaw

The First Amendment rights, everybody has them.

Terry Bradshaw

I would start with the most important thing a quarterback has to be: poised. If you panic in that pocket, you are no good. I don't care what else is there; you have to be poised.

Terry Bradshaw

I'm not a one-liner guy. I'm a story guy.

Terry Bradshaw

I know me, and I know my heart. I know what the Lord expects. I know what a Christian's supposed to act like, but you can't act it.

Terry Bradshaw

You don't know how many times I was in the huddle, asking my teammates to help me call a play.

Terry Bradshaw