The NFL world has a broken heart tonight after the league announced the death of John Madden, who passed away Tuesday morning at age 85.
As NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said, Madden was football for so much of his life. He played in the NFL. He won a Super Bowl as a coach in the NFL. He called so many big NFL games as one of the best broadcasters to ever to it. And he also became the namesake of the biggest sports video game of all time.
He truly did it all.
One of the many great things about John Madden were the legendary things he said during his days. And not all of them were serious:
Best John Madden Highlights, Moments, Quotes & Videos https://t.co/vulsfc44Xs pic.twitter.com/fu4E6uoguj
— Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) December 29, 2021
Let’s take a look back at some of the best Madden quotes.
“The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” — John Madden, RIP.
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— Cooper Kupp (@CooperKupp) December 29, 2021
My favorite John Madden quote, from @BobGlauber’s excellent “Guts and Genius”: “If you make a mistake, admit it quickly and emphatically and don’t dwell on it.” #WordsToLiveBy #RIP
— Samuel Chamberlain (@SChamberlainNYP) December 29, 2021
John Madden was an icon of mine. One of his quotes has always stuck with me.
“Self praise is for losers, be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class and be humble”
His memory I will treasure.
— Kambree (@KamVTV) December 29, 2021
“The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.” – John Madden
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) February 11, 2014
John Madden’s three rules for his players:
1. Be on time.
2. Pay attention.
3. Play like all hell when I tell you to.— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) December 29, 2021
“A coach is just a guy whose best class in grammar school was recess and whose best class in high school was P.E. I never thought I was anything but a guy whose best class was P.E.” – John Madden
— 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 (@JRGrayson) December 29, 2021
#RIP John Madden. Made listening to a TV broadcast fun and educational.
One of my favorite quotes from him:“Football is my life. It’s something I say proudly. But, it’s complicated.”
If you have spent much time working in football you could empathize with him. pic.twitter.com/XnvF10dtLW
— Patrick Burnham (@OsceolaPat) December 29, 2021
One of my all time favorite sports quotes:
“The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.”
– John Madden
RIP to an absolute legend pic.twitter.com/40AD6lIfZS
— Eli Berkovits (@BookOfEli_NFL) December 29, 2021
“I’m not afraid of flying; I just fear I’m going to die. I think I’m – vulnerable. I admit it. I don’t fly. I got claustrophobia. I don’t go in high buildings. I don’t do those things. I’m just myself, whatever that is.”
“If you think about it, I’ve never held a job in my life. I went from being an NFL player to a coach to a broadcaster. I haven’t worked a day in my life.”
“Even when I was a little kid, I hated to dress up. I hated to put on regular shoes. I wanted to play all the time. I hate to wear any kind of coat or sweater. I’ve never liked hot. I’ve never liked to be warm.”
“I never professed to be perfect. I do something wrong or something stupid, I laugh at myself.”
“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.’”
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