American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party. – Sue Lawley, 1985

When somebody tells you nothing is impossible, ask him to dribble a football. – Author Unknown

He was the only man I ever saw who ran his own interference. – Steve Owen, about Bronko Nagurski

I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions and collide. Besides, I have contempt for a game in which players have to wear so much equipment. Men play basketball in their underwear, which seems just right to me. – Anna Quindlen, Living Out Loud, 1988