George Blanda

“Playing quarterback you're always going to get booed - eventually.”

“Age is a frame of mind.”

“I was a guest coach with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1964.”

“Halas used to tell his players that football is what you make of it. It should not be what defines you, but football should be a stepping stone for what you achieve in the rest of your life.”

“Those soccer style kickers have a difficult time getting the ball up, especially off dirt. They can get the ball up fast enough off artificial surfaces, but when it's on a natural grass surface it's entirely different for them.”

“How many players can say they played 26 years? Nobody.”

“I always considered myself a student of the game of football.”

“Once you quit football, you might want to come back. But if you sit out a year, you're finished.”

“They serve a lot of good filets around the country.”

“Money has never been a consideration In my continuing to play for the Raiders.”

“People are forever knocking kicking, but it's not easy, believe me. Ask Scott Norwood when he missed the field goal in the Super Bowl.”

“I talk common sense.”

“Competition is what drives me.”

“Most players who've been around any length of time think of training camp as a time of hard work, frustration and monotony. But I can honestly say I look forward to it.”

“I've got my own philosophy. People who write books have different philosophies. You read too many people and you get screwed up.”

“Some guys are old at 21.”

“When I was playing and playing real well I didn't get any publicity.”

“I'm a hardened old guy. I've been cut in so many ways and dumped on by so many teams, I've been through it all, but I'd do it all over.”

“It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top - in business or in sports.”

“I hate when people lump me in with kickers that lasted a long time. I have respect for guys like Morten Andersen, but I was a football player, not just a kicker.”