Quotes by John Madden

• Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.
• The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.
• When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.
• The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.
• The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
• Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
• If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.
• Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't get out of your system.
• Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.
• I think comparisons are odious.
• Don't worry about the horse being blind. Just load the cart!