April 4
"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.”
Vince Lombardi
Green Bay Packers Coach

April 3
"There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also, there are usually more casualties in a football game. The object of the game is to move a ball past the other team's goal line. This counts as six points. No points are given for lacerations, contusions, or abrasions, but then no points are deducted, either. Kicking is very important in football. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic players even kick the ball, occasionally."
Alfred Hitchcock

April 2
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football. "
John Heisman
First Clemson football coach

April 1
"We've got to find a way to win. I'm willing to start cheating."
Marvin Cook
New England Patriots

March 31
"I had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it."
Groucho Marx

March 30
"I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'"
Eleanor Roosevelt

March 29
"Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement."
Mark Twain

March 28
"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, and to have the two as close together as possible."
George Burns

March 27
"Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year."
Victor Borge

March 26
"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
Mark Twain

March 25
"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."
Socrates

March 24
"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury."
Groucho Marx

March 23
"My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe."
Jimmy Durante

March 22
"Columbus didn't have a business plan when he discovered America."
Andrew Grove
technology executive

March 21
"My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying."
Rodney Dangerfield

March 20
"Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery."
Spike Milligan

March 19
"I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position."
Mark Twain

March 18
"Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'"
Joe Namath

March 17
"I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap."
Bob Hope

March 16
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it."
W.C. Fields

March 15
"We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress."
Will Rogers

March 14
"Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you."
Winston Churchill

March 13
"Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty, but everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out."
Phyllis Diller

March 12
"By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere."
Billy Crystal

March 11
"Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate."
George Carlin

March 10
"You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
Mark Twain

March 9
"My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpet or ruin our lives."
Rita Rudner

March 8
"Behind every successful man is a surprised woman."
Maryon Pearson

March 7
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
Mark Twain

March 6
"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him."
Aldous Huxley

March 5
"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person."
Andy Rooney

March 4
"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience often comes from bad judgement."
Rita Brown

March 3
"Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds."
John McGraw
baseball player and manager

March 2
"Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors."
Frank Gifford
New York Giants

March 1
"I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd."
Johnny Giles
Irish pundent

February 29
"Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."
Vince Lombardi
Green Bay Packers Coach

February 28
"Baseball is what we were, football is what we have become."
Mary McGrory
Oxford University Economist

February 27
"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it."
Gale Sayers
Chicago Bears

February 26
He had a God-given killer instinct.
Al Davis
of the Oakland Raiders talking about George Blanda

February 25
"College football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture."
Elbert Hubbard
Editor

February 24
"It wasn't as easy as you think. It's hard to stay awake that long."
Hugh Campbell
after his team (Washington State) had defeated Whitman 70-30

February 23
"You don't have to win it, just don't lose it. "
Ray Lewis, to Elvis Grbac
Baltimore Ravens

February 22
"If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother. "
Bo Jackson
Oakland Raiders

February 21
"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur. "
Vince Lombardi
Green Bay Packers

February 20
"The NFL, like life, is full of idiots. "
Randy Cross
San Francisco 49ers

February 19
"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year."
Walter Payton
Chicago Bears

February 18
"I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating. "
Jim Finks, when asked after a loss what he thought of the refs
Minnesota, Chicago, New Orleans

February 17
" Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."
Vince Lombardi
Green Bay Packers

February 16
"A good back makes his own holes. Anybody can run where the holes are."
Joe Don Looney
Giants, Colts, Lions, Redskins

February 15
"Hey, we're like soldiers. Would you go to the Roman army and ask them if they thought they were going to win the battle? If I didn't think we could win, I wouldn't be here. I'd stay home and get fat."
Ken Simonton
Buffalo Bills

February 14
"If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team."
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma Head Coach

February 13
" You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four."
Dan Birdwell
Oakland Raiders

February 12
"No talking. Talking doesn't play football, talking isn't going to make you practice harder or play harder. "
Ken Simonton
Buffalo Bills

February 11
"Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable. "
Tom Landry
Dallas Cowboys

February 10
"Speed is not your fastest, but your slowest man. No back can run faster than his interference. "
Jock Sutherland
University of Pittsburgh

February 9
"The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts. "
Darrell Royal
University of Texas Coach

February 8
"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it. "
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame

February 7
"Sports should always be fun. "
Charles Mann
Washington Redskins

February 6
"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl. "
Bill Peterson
Houston Oilers

February 5
"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it. "
Gale Sayers
Chicago Bears

February 4
"When I get the ball, for some reason I see holes. I'm not really sure how."
Mike Bass
Washington Redskins

February 3
“Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
Indian guru

February 2
“New technologies take time, but they are worth the wait. Did the PC catch on quickly? Come on. We were talking about them in 1975, and our first 13 customers went bankrupt before we signed up one that survived. That was Apple.”
Bill Gates
Microsoft Corp. co-founder

February 1
“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.”
Lee Iacocca
industrialist

January 31
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian spiritual and political leader

January 30
“Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not alone.”
C. S. Lewis
Irish author

January 29
“Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that is how dogs spend their lives.”
Sue Murphy
author

January 28
“Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco.”
Will Rogers
humorist

January 27
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
Mark Twain
writer

January 26
“Experience, travel -- these are as education in themselves.”
Euripedes
Greek soldier and tragedian

January 25
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”
Benjamin Franklin
politician, invenor and politician

January 24
"I like to dream, but I like to make things happen."
Heidi Klum
supermodel and TV producer/host

January 23
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.”
Gen. Eric Shinseki
former Army Chief of Staff

January 22
“A light heart lives long.”
William Shakespeare
English playwright

January 21
“I kept myself calm by making sure I didn’t concentrate on anything I couldn’t control.”
B.J. Bedford
Olympic swimmer

January 20
“He has no enemies, but he is intensely disliked by his friends.”
Oscar Wilde
Poet and playwright

January 19
“Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.”
Erma Bombeck
Humorist and writer

January 18
“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who don’t.”
Robert Benchley
Humorist and comedian

January 17
“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
Albert Einstein
Scientist

January 16
“You only get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so many times.”
Ike Taylor
Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback

January 15
“Always drink upstream from the herd.”
Will Rogers
humorist

January 14
“If everybody's thinking the same thing, then nobody's thinking.
George S. Patton
U.S. Army General

January 13
“Experience, travel -- these are as education in themselves.”
Euripedes
Greek soldier and tragedian

January 12
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”
Benjamin Franklin
politician, invenor and politician

January 11
‘I like to dream, but I like to make things happen.’
Heidi Klum,
supermodel and TV producer/host

January 10
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.”
Gen. Eric Shinseki
former Army Chief of Staff

January 9
“A light heart lives long.”
William Shakespeare
English playwright

January 8
“I kept myself calm by making sure I didn’t concentrate on anything I couldn’t control.”
B.J. Bedford
Olympic swimmer

January 7
“I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.”
George Rogers
University of South Carolina running back

January 6
“I’ve found that prayers work best when you have big players.”
Knute Rockne
former Notre Dame football coach

January 5
“Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.”
Heywood Hale Brown
CBS Sports Commentator

January 4
“You guys line up alphabetically by height.”
Bill Peterson
former Florida Football Coach

January 3
“We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can’t stop the pass. We can’t kick. Other than that, we’re just not a very good football team right now.”
Bruce Coslet
Former NY Jets, Cleveland Browns coach

January 2
“When it’s third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time.”
Max McGee
Former Green Packer, first to score in the Super Bowl

January 1, 2008
Happy New Year!
Wishing all “Leatherheads” extras and their families a healthy and prosperous 2008!
“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.”
Anonymous

December 31, 2007
“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
Bill Vaughan
author

December 30, 2007
“I think football would become an even better game if someone could invent a ball that kicks back.”
Eric Morecambe
Comedian

December 29, 2007
“Hawaii doesn’t win many games in the United States.”
Lee Corso
College football analyst

December 28, 2007
“We've got to find a way to win. I'm willing to start cheating.”
Marv Cook
Former New England Patriots

December 27, 2007
“I'm really happy for Coach Cooper and the guys who've been around here for six or seven years, especially our seniors.”
Bob Hoying
Ohio State player after winning a Big Ten title

December 26, 2007
“Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.”
Bill Veeck
Former baseball team aowner, promoter

December 25, 2007
“The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.”
Johnny Carson
Tonight Show host

December 24, 2007
“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”
Shirley Temple
Actress

December 23, 2007
“Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.”
W. C. Fields
Comedian

December 22, 2007
“Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.”
Phyllis Diller
Comedienne

December 21, 2007
“Many banks have a new kind of Christmas club in operation. The new club helps you save money to pay for last year’s gifts.”
Jay Leno
The Tonight Show host

December 20, 2007
“Just remember the words of Patrick Henry -- Kill me or let me live.”
Bill Peterson
former Florida State football coach

December 19, 2007
“One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?
Darrell Royal
Texas football coach, on Longhorn injuries resulting from poor physical conditioning

December 18, 2007
“What about football? Is it a sport or a concussion?”
Jim Murray
Los Angeles Times columnist

December 17, 2007
“I just wrap my arms around the whole backfield and peel ‘em one by one until I get to the ball carrier. Him I keep.”
Big Daddy Lipscomb
Former pro football player

December 16, 2007
“There will always be hope for our country as long as more people watch ‘Monday Night Football’ than ‘Friends.’”
Michael Logsdon

December 15, 2007
“The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries.”
Art Modell
Former Cleveland Browns owner

December 14, 2007
"Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it."
Heywood Hale Braun

December 13, 2007
" I'd catch a punt naked, in the snow, in Buffalo, for a chance to play in the NFL."
Steve Henderson

December 12, 2007
"Football is not a matter of life and death.
It's much more serious than that."
Bill Shankly

December 11, 2007
"I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."
Terry Bradshaw

December 10, 2007
"If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?"
Vincent Lombardi

December 9, 2007
"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important - like a league game or something."
Dick Butkus

December 8, 2007
"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."
Joe Theismann

December 7, 2007
"If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut."
Albert Einstein,
German-born Swiss-American physicist

December 6, 2007
"Football is easy if you're crazy as hell."
Bo Jackson
Former NFL star

December 5, 2007
"Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental."
Doug Plank
Former Chicago Bears player

December 4, 2007
"When you're angry, never put it in writing. It's like carving your anger in stone. That makes implacable enemies."
Estee Lauder,
founder of Estee Lauder Inc.

December 3, 2007
"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."
John Madden
Former NFL Coach, Monday Night Football Analyst

December 2, 2007
"Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."
Duffy Daugherty
Former Michigan State football coach

December 1, 2007
"Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy."
Jack Kemp

November 30, 2007
"Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent."
Dave Barry

November 29, 2007
"Hollywood made a movie of my life. The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. I would never misuse a football field that way.
Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch

November 28, 2007
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself."
Josh Billings,
humorist and writer

November 27, 2007
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
George Burns,
comedian, actor

November 26, 2007
“When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.”
George Raveling
Former college basketball coach (Washington State, Iowa, Southern Cal)

Did you know?
On August 28, 1963, as Dr. Martin Luther King waved goodbye to an audience of over 200,000 “March on Washington” participants, he handed Raveling the original typewritten “I Have A Dream” speech.

November 25, 2007
“Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
thirty-fourth U.S. president

November 24, 2007
“I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.”
Knute Rockne
Former Notre Dame football coach

November 23, 2007
“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.”
Irv Kupcinet,
columnist and TV personality

Happy Thanksgiving Leatherheads!
November 22, 2007
“Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare. They are consumed in 12 minutes. Halftimes take 12 minutes. This is not coincidence.”
Erma Bombeck ,
American humorist

Red Grange

November 21, 2007
“The only football players in my time were fellows who really loved to play football. They were not in it for the money. There wasn't much money there. They would have played football for nothing.”
Red Grange
He was football's golden boy nicknamed the Galloping Ghost

November 20, 2007
“A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.”
-Earl Wilson,
columnist and author

November 19, 2007
“The mark of a good team is how it reacts when things aren't going in its favor.”
Chris Osgood,
professional hockey player

November 18, 2007
“One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good.”
Abe Lemmons,
former college basketball coach

November 17, 2007
“Look, here is what sports is about, and what Roone Arledge taught me at ABC: It's the stories about the players. It's the stories of the team. It's not only the reality of the story on the field, it's the emotion of the story in the clubhouse and after the game is over. Kids predominantly, but everybody loves their heroes. Sports is emotion, entertainment and drama.”
Michael Eisner
Former Walt Disney CEO

November 16, 2007
“Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.”
Margaret J. Wheatley,
writer and management consultant

November 15, 2007
“We are always 18 months away from failure.”
Bill Gates,
Microsoft Corp. co-founder and philanthropist

November 14, 2007
“A word to the wise ain't necessary; it's the stupid ones who need the advice."
Bill Cosby,
actor and comedian

November 13, 2007
“Fortune befriends the bold.”
John Dryden,
English poet, literary critic and playwright

November 12, 2007
“Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.”
Jonathan Winters,
comedian, author and artist

November 11, 2007
“Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished.”
Leslie Nielsen,
Canadian-American actor