Joe Namath Quotes

There are some things you only learn through experience.

I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.

Nobody wants to follow somebody who doesn't know where he's going.

I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.

The game is choreographed; it is mental, it is physical, it is a battle. People can feel those hits when they are in the stadium, you feel them and you see the velocity of the players.

I took my time to find the perfect girl.

I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.

If you're not gonna go all the way, why go at all?

Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.

I've been some through some things medically. I've seen some things on my brain. But I've had some treatment - and I've improved.

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.

I don't think that I've ever been a backup.

How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.

I can't wait until tomorrow 'cause I get better looking every day.

I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling. What we know is we can improve. Chad Pennington, our quarterback, missed the first part of the season, and we struggled. We're looking to next season. We're looking to make a noise now, and I wanna kiss you!

I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance.

You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.

My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.

I was born with the gift.

I can't compare family to athletics.

There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.

I don't care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don't care so long as he's straight with me and our dealings are fair.

The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.

My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.'

When you win nothing hurts.

I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.

I don't know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf.

To win, you have to lose, and then get pissed off.

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.

Johnny Unitas was my hero.

I am a football fan, yeah.

First, I prepare. Then I have faith.

I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.

It feels good to show some courage.

I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.

You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.

After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.

I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.

I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.

I'm always gonna be Joe Namath, and I'm not running from that.

As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.

After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.

I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can ... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can.

I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.