20 Quotes by Bob Elliott

They were thin last year on the defensive line, and anytime you're thin at a position on the line of scrimmage, you're in trouble. We wanted to get a lot of players there. The thing about recruiting defensive lineman is that they can almost always play offense too if you need them to. That's why it's always a good strategy to load up on defensive lineman.

I made sure to tell them that they can't do that in games. This was practice. It gave them an opportunity to explore their soul.

I'm the only one who's not interested in either position.

If you try to tackle him low, he's liable to knock you out with his powerful legs. If you try to tackle him high, he's going to drag you.

I guess we still look forward to any other input, but it looks like the budget will be workable at 3.5 mills, ... I don't think we need any more than that right now. We can't go any lower than that unless we generate money somewhere else, and I don't know where that somewhere else would be. The millage is where we need it to be to do what we need to.

He's the best I've ever seen. I've coached against Eddie George and played against Archie Griffin - this guy's better than them. Adrian Peterson is Gale Sayers, except 215 pounds and faster.

Kurt Vonnegut said, 'The best of Bob and Ray is virtually indistinguishable from the worst.' I'm sure he meant that as a compliment.

I like jokes, but Ray and I, we never did jokes. We weren't in that line of humor. We each contributed our own kind of observations. I'm glad to have people look at and laugh at and respect and get some creative juice out of what we did by observing.

My son Chris said he was 12 years old before he knew what I did for a living.