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De - Pt| Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
| Repel them. Repel them. Induce them to relinquish the spheroid. - Indiana University fans' chant for their perennially bad football team | |
| "Lead us in a few words of silent prayer." -- Bill Peterson, former Houston Oiler football coach | |
| "I couldn't remember things until I took that Sam Carnegie course." -- Bill Peterson, former Houston Oiler football coach | |
| "If John Madden steps outside on February 2, looks down, and doesn't see his feet, we'll have 6 more weeks of Pro football." -- Chuck Newcombe | |
| "Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." -- Vince Lombardi, football coach | |
| Academy: A modern school where football is taught. Institute: An archaic school where football is not taught. | |
| Q: How many college football players does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Only one, but he gets three credits for it. | |
| Q: Why should you always serve a Southern Carolina football man soup in a plate? A: 'Cause if you give him a bowl, he'll throw it away. | |
| In Minnesota they ask why all football fields in Iowa have artificial turf. It's so the cheerleaders won't graze during the game. | |
| College football is a game which would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more interesting if the trustees played. There would be a great increase in broken arms, legs, and necks, and simultaneously an appreciable diminution in the loss to humanity. -- H. L. Mencken | |
| Football builds self-discipline. What else would induce a spectator to sit out in the open in subfreezing weather? | |
| Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings. -- George F. Will, "Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball" | |
| Football is a game designed to keep coalminers off the streets. -- Jimmy Breslin | |
| I never met a man I didn't want to fight. -- Lyle Alzado, professional football lineman | |
| MARTA WAS WATCHING THE FOOTBALL GAME with me when she said, "You know most of these sports are based on the idea of one group protecting its territory from invasion by another group." "Yeah," I said, trying not to laugh. Girls are funny. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988. | |
| Repel them. Repel them. Induce them to relinquish the spheroid. -- Indiana University football cheer | |
| San Francisco has always been my favorite booing city. I don't mean the people boo louder or longer, but there is a very special intimacy. When they boo you, you know they mean *you*. Music, that's what it is to me. One time in Kezar Stadium they gave me a standing boo. -- George Halas, professional football coach | |
| Texas A&M football coach Jackie Sherrill went to the office of the Dean of Academics because he was concerned about his players' mental abilities. "My players are just too stupid for me to deal with them", he told the unbelieving dean. At this point, one of his players happened to enter the dean's office. "Let me show you what I mean", said Sherrill, and he told the player to run over to his office to see if he was in. "OK, Coach", the player replied, and was off. "See what I mean?" Sherrill asked. "Yeah", replied the dean. "He could have just picked up this phone and called you from here." | |
| Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent. -- Dave Barry, "Sex and the Single Amoeba: What Every Teen Should Know" | |
