Joe Namath Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Joe Namath:
Till I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'
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We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.
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I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.
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My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.'
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I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.
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What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.
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I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.
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After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.
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When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
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I've been some through some things medically. I've seen some things on my brain. But I've had some treatment - and I've improved.
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I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.
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I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.
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I am a football fan, yeah.
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Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.
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I don't think that I've ever been a backup.
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Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.
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I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.
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I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.
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My family's the most important thing in my life.
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None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we're just not designed for.
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Johnny Unitas was my hero.
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I'm always gonna be Joe Namath, and I'm not running from that.
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The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.
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I'm lucky.
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I don't like to date so much as I just like to kind of, you know, run into somethin', man.
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Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure.
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I don't like going out on a date unless I know the broad a little bit beforehand. By the way, 'broad' to me is not a detrimental term for women; it's simply another word for female. Anyway, I don't really go out a whole lot, because there aren't many girls I like to take out and spend a whole evening with - at least not an evening in public.
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When you win, nothing hurts.
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When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York.
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I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.
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I think there's always going to be a problem dealing with firearms, with knives. It's the animal we are that cause the problems.
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I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance.
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There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.
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There are some things you only learn through experience.
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You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.
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As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.
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Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.
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I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.
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I've always said I'm going to get married only once.
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Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college, and I guess I agreed with them, or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.
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I took my time to find the perfect girl.
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If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?
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I don't care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don't care so long as he's straight with me and our dealings are fair.
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I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion.
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Something's been guiding me around throughout my life.
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I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can.
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I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.
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After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent.
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How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.
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My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.
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I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from.
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It feels bad to feel like you're not wanted.
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I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.
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I can't compare family to athletics.
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I was born with the gift.
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To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.
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Most of my recognition comes from us winning that championship. The words may not come out - 'Super Bowl III' - because a lot of the folks at the grocery store, gas station or mall weren't even born when we won the Super Bowl. But they're aware of it. It has had a tremendous impact on my life since then.
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I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.
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First, I prepare. Then I have faith.
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Times have changed. The athletes have changed.
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