Sometimes you can be one of the best, but you don’t accept that if you don’t get the ring or win the Super Bowl. There’s a lot of good teams between the Super Bowl winner and other teams. Once the Super Bowl is over, we lump everyone into the other 31, and that’s not fair. John Madden Read Quote
That’s the biggest gap in sports, the difference between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. John Madden Read Quote
Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen to what they don’t want to hear. John Madden Read Quote
If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me ‘Coach,’ but if they know me for the video game, they just call me ‘Madden.’ John Madden Read Quote
Al Davis has been the biggest influence in my professional football life. I mean, he was a guy that gave me an opportunity, one, to get into professional football in 1967 as an assistant coach, and then at the age of 32, giving me the opportunity to be the head coach. John Madden Read Quote
Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble. John Madden Read Quote