Top 55 George Blanda Quotes

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.

They don’t have to tell me what life is like in a ghetto.

I’ve got my own philosophy. People who write books have different philosophies. You read too many people and you get screwed up.

If people can identify with me in a good way and get some inspiration out of what I’ve done, that’s good. Then football’s all worthwhile.

I think it’s good to have a little experience around.

I sat out the 1959 season.

I’ve had every experience you can imagine. I’ve been cheered and booed.

Being a pro opens a lot of doors. It enables you to meet a lot of people. By taking advantage of the opportunities, the future is unlimited.

When I look back on my nine years with the Raiders, what comes to mind first is my great association with Al Davis. If it had not been for him I may not have done the things I did once I left Houston. I may not have even kept playing if it weren’t for Al. I respected him highly.

When I was playing and playing real well I didn’t get any publicity.

I had six brothers and four sisters and I competed with my brothers every day when I was a kid. If you lost in my family, they kidded the pants off you until you won again.

It’s no big deal, starting a game.

I like winning and hate being second best.

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.

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

I hate to lose. I can’t stand to lose.

I’ve worked for everything I’ve got.

Playing quarterback you’re always going to get booed – eventually.

Sometimes a little bit of experience helps.

We did all the strategy right on the field. Today, the coaches call all the plays, so all the quarterbacks have to do is perform. They are more or less programmed.

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.

They serve a lot of good filets around the country.

The one record I was happy to get rid of was the one for the most interceptions, when Brett Favre got that one.

All of the great quarterbacks have been guys who couldn’t run a lick – John Unitas, Joe Namath. Sonny Jurgensen – guys who stayed in the pocket.

The owners need to have some protection against players jumping from team to team. The fans have the right to expect some continuity on the team they support from year to year.

I came from a poor Pennsylvania coal mining family and the only way I was going to get an education was through an athletic scholarship.

Competition is what drives me.

I retired one year in 1959. But then I realized I wanted to play more.

I was a guest coach with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1964.

I’m a hardened old guy. I’ve been cut in so many ways and dumped on by so many teams, I’ve been through it all, but I’d do it all over.

Anything I do, I want to win.

I had a helluva time getting away from Halas.

There are things you can do to negate a strong pass rush. No matter how strong the rush.

I’ve always had a strong desire to prove myself against odds.

I talk common sense.

Frankly, kicking was just an extra thing that I did. I guess most people remember that I was also a quarterback. But how many people remember that I was a linebacker and a cornerback when I broke into pro ball with the Chicago Bears? I was around when you had to go both ways.

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.

Playing on the same team with Sid Luckman and Bulldog Turner and against people like Sammy Baugh, those were nostalgic days for me.

I will play as long as I can help a team win.

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

Favre is smarter than the coaches. Most of those coaches have never played pro football, and they’re second-guessing him?

Life isn’t that complicated. I’m completely happy playing football. I’m happy to get out of the coal mines.

What happened last week doesn’t matter. That’s history. You have to make history every day.

In football, like any other sport, you have to prove yourself in every game.

I honestly played the best football of my life in Houston.

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.

You never want to give it up. You always think you’re capable, always think you’re better than the other guy.

Some guys are old at 21.

I’ll be the judge of when I can’t play anymore.

I grew up in the game when the pay was low and benefits were non-existent.

Money has never been a consideration In my continuing to play for the Raiders.

I make more money in the off-season than I do playing football.

If your body can take it, you can play forever if management wants you. But if you start missing field goals and losing games, then you are not long for the world.

I don’t like being compared to other kickers. Kicking, I’ve always felt, was my weak suit. The only area of kicking I was really proud of was that I was good under pressure. If all I had to do was worry about kicking, I’d have been much more proficient.

I work hard and relax a lot, too.