I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. You got to remember that I’d been a Marine, had gone through basic training and spent 26 months in the Pacific during WWII, but the Marine drill instructors had nothing on Clem. Art Donovan Read Quote
The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn’t play football for the Colts anymore. Art Donovan Read Quote
I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football? Art Donovan Read Quote
I don’t eat vegetables. I only eat food like cheeseburgers, Spam, hot dogs and pizza. Art Donovan Read Quote
You know you’re big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises. Art Donovan Read Quote
People tell me if I don’t eat vegetables, I’m going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I’d have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn’t eat until Friday. Art Donovan Read Quote
I wouldn’t want to go back over my life. I’ve done it all. I wouldn’t have wanted to miss the Marine Corps. I wouldn’t have wanted to miss the war. I wouldn’t have missed college. Or playin’ for the Colts. I got all the money I need. Five children. I got a truck. I have no regrets whatsoever. Art Donovan Read Quote
Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I’ve tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips. Art Donovan Read Quote
