“Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.”

“Gray skies are just clouds passing over.”

“Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football.”

“Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.”

“It is naive to think that sport is above politics, that any kind of level playing field exists, or that sport allows the world to put its problems on hold.”

“Football combines the two worst features of American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings.”