Quotes by John Madden

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

That's the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl.

In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.

There's so many kids who only know me from the video game.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

I was in New York on September 11 when those planes hit the World Trade Center. At the time, it seemed like it was a local thing. But three or four days later, we realized it wasn't a local thing. You could really feel the states become united. We became the United States of America.

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner! Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.

I'm a firm believer that there's no way that a six-year-old should have a helmet on and learn a tackling drill.