100 Quotes by George Blanda

Anything I do, I want to win.

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.

The world is not going to come to an end because I'm not going to play football anymore.

I have no animosity toward Al Davis or John Madden.

I've heard this stuff about a kicker 'losing his leg' ever since I was a rookie, and I can tell you that there is nothing to it. Every time a field goal kicker misses a few, the word gets around that he's lost his leg, meaning his kicking strength.

They serve a lot of good filets around the country.

I compare field goal kicking to putting in golf. Both demand concentration and confidence. You make four or five good putts in a row and now you have the confidence that you are playing 'em right. It's the same way with kicking. You drive a few through the uprights and then you have convinced yourself that everything you kick should go through.

I talk common sense.

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.