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I wish I could have played more.
- George Blanda
#Could
#I Wish
#More
#Played
#Wish
You never want to give it up. You always think you're capable, always think you're better than the other guy.
- George Blanda
#Always
#Better
#Capable
#Never
#Want
The game that I remember the most was playing against Cleveland in 1970. We were down 20-13 and I came in and we got a touchdown and then we got a field goal in the last three seconds.
- George Blanda
#Against
#Down
#Game
#Remember
#Three
The one record I was happy to get rid of was the one for the most interceptions, when Brett Favre got that one.
- George Blanda
#Get
#Got
#Happy
#Most
#Record
Halas was a great coach, but the only problem I had with him, the problem all the players had with him, was that we didn't get paid very much.
- George Blanda
#Coach
#Great
#Only
#Paid
#Players
We did all the strategy right on the field. Today, the coaches call all the plays, so all the quarterbacks have to do is perform. They are more or less programmed.
- George Blanda
#Field
#More
#Right
#Strategy
#Today
All records are made to be broken.
- George Blanda
#Broken
#Made
#Records
I would work all day and then go the gym in the evening. I owed it to myself to take care of myself.
- George Blanda
#Care
#Day
#Evening
#Myself
#Work
I knew I would be cut one day. But I never thought I would retire.
- George Blanda
#Day
#Never
#One Day
#Thought
#Would
I never retired from any of my teams; I was fired.
- George Blanda
#Any
#Fired
#Never
#Retired
#Teams
Favre is smarter than the coaches. Most of those coaches have never played pro football, and they're second-guessing him?
- George Blanda
#Football
#Never
#Pro
#Smarter
#Those
I sat on the bench and then came in and made a pass or two.
- George Blanda
#Bench
#Made
#Pass
#Then
#Two
Once you quit football, you might want to come back. But if you sit out a year, you're finished.
- George Blanda
#Back
#Football
#Quit
#Sit
#Want
I've got to watch what I eat. Seems like if I even look hard at food I gain weight.
- George Blanda
#Food
#Gain Weight
#Gain
#Hard
#Look
Hell, the important thing is to do what you want to do, and give it 110 percent.
- George Blanda
#Give
#Hell
#Important
#Percent
#Want
No one ever dreams about being a backup quarterback.
- George Blanda
#About
#Backup
#Dreams
#Ever
#Quarterback
The Super Bowl wasn't that big. It was just a game.
- George Blanda
#Big
#Bowl
#Game
#Just
#Super
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.
- George Blanda
#Achieve
#Football
#Life
#Rest
#Stone
I sat out the 1959 season.
- George Blanda
#Out
#Sat
#Season
When I signed with the Oilers, I felt like a rookie. I was 33.
- George Blanda
#Felt
#Like
#Rookie
#Signed
I don't believe in getting mad if a guy misses a block and I get hit. I don't yell at the players. Everybody gets beat sometime.
- George Blanda
#Beat
#Believe
#Guy
#Mad
#Players
Winning is the name of the game - any game.
- George Blanda
#Any
#Game
#Name
#Winning
I think the AFL was capable of beating the NFL in a Super Bowl game as far back as 1960 or '61. I just regret we didn't get the chance to prove it.
- George Blanda
#Back
#Capable
#Chance
#Game
#Regret
I had six brothers and four sisters and I competed with my brothers every day when I was a kid. If you lost in my family, they kidded the pants off you until you won again.
- George Blanda
#Day
#Every Day
#Family
#Lost
#Pants
I work hard and relax a lot, too.
- George Blanda
#Hard
#Relax
#Too
#Work Hard
#Work
I'm confident, but I don't think I've ever been complacent.
- George Blanda
#Been
#Complacent
#Confident
#Ever
#Think
Age is a frame of mind.
- George Blanda
#Age
#Frame
#Mind
Playing on the same team with Sid Luckman and Bulldog Turner and against people like Sammy Baugh, those were nostalgic days for me.
- George Blanda
#Days
#Like
#Me
#People
#Same
It takes hard work, dedication, discipline and a positive attitude to get to the top - in business or in sports.
- George Blanda
#Attitude
#Business
#Hard
#Positive
#Work
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