Joe Namath
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.Collection: Dating
When you win, nothing hurts.Collection: Success
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.Collection: Amazing
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?
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.
You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.
I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.
We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.
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.
Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure.
Till I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'
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.
I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.
My family's the most important thing in my life.
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.
What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.
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.
First, I prepare. Then I have faith.
I'm lucky.
I was born with the gift.
I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports.
Times have changed. The athletes have changed.
I don't think that I've ever been a backup.
Of course, in pro ball, they never hit the quarterback in practice.
Johnny Unitas was my hero.
As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment.
I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.
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.
I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.
My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.
I was a very naive young man, and I may still be ignorant about a lot of things.
I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life's work, so to speak.
How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.
I don't like to date so much as I just like to kind of, you know, run into somethin', man.
I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.
I believe in letting a guy live the way he wants to if he doesn't hurt anyone.
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.
I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.
Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front.
My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.'
I'm always gonna be Joe Namath, and I'm not running from that.
I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance.
Something's been guiding me around throughout my life.
It feels bad to feel like you're not wanted.
There's an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue.
There are some things you only learn through experience.
I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.
I took my time to find the perfect girl.
I've always said I'm going to get married only once.
I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.