Terry Bradshaw Quotes

I did an album called 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.' I sang the song on 'Hee Haw.'

- Terry Bradshaw

Song, Album, Could, Lonesome

When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I told him I thought it is cool that people from other countries play football. He corrected me on my geography and agreed to sit down with me anyway.

- Terry Bradshaw

Thought, Play, Other, Mexico

I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real.

- Terry Bradshaw

Against, Read, Though, Automatically

I know this golf tournament has my name on it but it's not about me. It's about the Louisiana Tech family. There is nothing greater than being a part of the Bulldog family.

- Terry Bradshaw

Nothing, Part, Tech, Bulldog

When I played for the Steelers and I got my bell rung, I'd take smelling salts and go right back out there.

- Terry Bradshaw

Go, Right, Back, Rung

I was thinking, mothers show their love for their sons so much greater than dads do.

- Terry Bradshaw

Love, Mothers, Sons, Dads

If I moved back, my mother would love for me to move in because she absolutely loves her boys. 12 boys. She showers all of us. Would be no problem. She would love to have us back in the house.

- Terry Bradshaw

Love, Move, Moved, Showers

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like he's going to be a bust in Detroit.

- Terry Bradshaw

Three, Feel, Marriages, Joey

All my football injuries now have arthritis in them.

- Terry Bradshaw

Injuries, Now, Them, Arthritis

Most athletes, we're the good ol' boys, part of the good-ol'-boy fraternity, and we take care of our brothers, and we cover up the bad habit and the bad play.

- Terry Bradshaw

Play, Bad, Brothers, Fraternity

I'm taking memory power boost tablets to help me every day and doing the puzzles to help me stay focused.

- Terry Bradshaw

Memory, Doing, Every Day, Puzzles

I just see too many people retire and say, 'I'm going to take off, travel, spend time with my family' and they are just miserable. They end up dying. People who work and stay active, and like what they are doing, live longer.

- Terry Bradshaw

Doing, Dying, See, Retire

I got a family I got to answer to. I got kids... my older parents and my preachers and everybody.

- Terry Bradshaw

Older, Answer, Everybody, Preachers

Going out to play a game in front of 100,000 spectators doesn't worry me. Nothing to it.

- Terry Bradshaw

Game, Worry, Play, Spectators

You have to understand, now, I'm a momma's boy. I'm from the south. My way of being raised is totally different than the big city life. I truly was a country boy.

- Terry Bradshaw

Big, Country, Country Boy, Big City

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

- Terry Bradshaw

Own, Shut, Everybody, Daddy

I just like to catch fish, I don't care if it weighs half a pound or 10 pounds. But I can't do a lot of casting. I can work a jig or a worm. But not for long, especially if the big ones are biting. Those big bass will make it hurt after a while.

- Terry Bradshaw

Big, Half, Jig, Casting

Forget politics and what their platforms were and everything, because you can take whoever you want to take, but the guy that I liked was Nixon... He was a smart man.

- Terry Bradshaw

Politics, Want, Nixon, Platforms

I don't have hair anymore. I've shrunk. I'm barely 6 feet 2 inches. I just had my teeth fixed because I'm a grinder.

- Terry Bradshaw

Feet, Anymore, Had, Grinder

I know me, and I know my heart. I know what the Lord expects. I know what a Christian's supposed to act like, but you can't act it.

- Terry Bradshaw

Heart, Like, Lord, Expects

I can't run anymore. That's the one thing I loved doing. And I can't play golf hardly at all because of wrist and back pain.

- Terry Bradshaw

Pain, Play, Doing, Hardly

When you're clinically depressed the serotonin in your brain is out of balance and probably always will be out of balance. So I take medication to get that proper balance back. I'll probably have to be on it the rest of my life.

- Terry Bradshaw

Rest, My Life, Always, Medication

People respect you more if you just play and blow something out than if you take the easier road. That's how we think. You get more respect and people play harder for you. Just play till you blow it. Just play till it goes.

- Terry Bradshaw

Play, Think, Till, Blow

When I started as a color man in the booth with CBS, I would make footballs out of a roll of toilet paper.

- Terry Bradshaw

Color, Started, Roll, CBS

I know how much my late center Mike Webster suffered. I can only imagine what a lot of defensive players from my era are going through.

- Terry Bradshaw

Through, Imagine, Mike, Defensive

I have more of an identity with Cowher than I do Tomlin. I knew Cowher when he came over from Kansas City as a defensive coordinator, and his teams were tough. Tomlin came in from Minnesota, and I didn't know anything about him. So maybe it's unfair for me to make the comparison.

- Terry Bradshaw

City, Maybe, Kansas City, Defensive

I'm always happy-go-lucky, and people look at me and find it shocking that I could be depressed.

- Terry Bradshaw

Find, Always, Happy-Go-Lucky, Shocking

Bad attitudes will ruin your team.

- Terry Bradshaw

Attitude, Bad, Will, Ruin

I'm a big card guy. I play Rook, Liverpool Rummy - love that. I play Pac-Man, shoot pool.

- Terry Bradshaw

Love, Play, Big, Card

When I was labeled stupid, that scarred me forever.

- Terry Bradshaw

Stupid, Me, Labeled, Scarred

I really don't care that I'm ranked.

- Terry Bradshaw

Care, Really, Ranked

I got tested to see what condition my brain is in. And it's not in real good shape.

- Terry Bradshaw

See, Condition, Shape, Good Shape

You find out in life that people really like you funny. So what do you give 'em? Humor. And then if you show them the other side, they don't like you as much. I find, too, that I can hide behind the idiot's mask being funny, and you never see the sorrow or the pain.

- Terry Bradshaw

Behind, Other, Show, Mask

Lawsuits make you care. I think the PR makes you care. But personally, when I got out in 1983, do I think they cared about me? No.

- Terry Bradshaw

Think, I Think, Makes, Lawsuits

All great empires die from within.

- Terry Bradshaw

Great, Die, Within, Empires

I'm just in an unfortunate business where if you ask me a question I have to answer it honestly and if I don't answer it truthfully then I'm not respected.

- Terry Bradshaw

Business, Unfortunate, Respected

Depression is a physical illness.

- Terry Bradshaw

Depression, Physical, Illness

I would start with the most important thing a quarterback has to be: poised. If you panic in that pocket, you are no good. I don't care what else is there; you have to be poised.

- Terry Bradshaw

The Most Important, Poised, Panic

I really started to forget things. That's why I quit reciting statistics: because I couldn't remember them exactly, and I stayed away from mentioning some players by name because I really wasn't sure, and I didn't want to make a mistake.

- Terry Bradshaw

Why, Some, Away, I Quit

You can't dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell.

- Terry Bradshaw

Through, Tell, Hammered, Dodge

If I could reach down in my heart, I would say I'm sorry for every unkind word and thought I ever had.

- Terry Bradshaw

Thought, Reach, Could, Unkind

Just everything that I've done, everything that I do, is to this day, all major decisions are all through prayer - all my actions, although a sinner, but you know what? I'm cool with that.

- Terry Bradshaw

Cool, Done, Through, Decisions

I could not bounce back from my divorce - emotionally - I just could not bounce back.

- Terry Bradshaw

Back, Bounce, Could, Divorce

I miss my coach. I love my coach. I miss Chuck Noll.

- Terry Bradshaw

Love, Coach, I Love, Chuck

I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.

- Terry Bradshaw

Well, Insults, Firm, Respond

The only thing I care about is my family.

- Terry Bradshaw

Only, The Only Thing, About, I Care

As a player, it says everything about you if you made the Hall of Fame. But, then again, boy... there's something about winning a Super Bowl.

- Terry Bradshaw

Winning, Made, Again, Player

What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.

- Terry Bradshaw

Happen, Worst Thing, His, Loses

I don't want to hurt anybody.

- Terry Bradshaw

Want, Anybody, Hurt

Football is an awesome sport, but it's also a violent sport, and that's why all of us love it. We know what we checked in for, and at seven years of age, that's what I wanted to do with my life, and I didn't care that I got hurt.

- Terry Bradshaw

Love, My Life, Violent, Hurt

I wasn't that close to any of my teammates. I didn't find anyone to become a best friend. We don't stay in touch. They're all over the country, but I do not want to stay in touch.

- Terry Bradshaw

Want, Country, Over, Teammates

You don't know how many times I was in the huddle, asking my teammates to help me call a play.

- Terry Bradshaw

Play, Asking, How Many Times, Teammates

If you play in the NFL and start for 10 years, it's not good. It is not good.

- Terry Bradshaw

Good, Start, Play, NFL

I found out that superstars Winkler and William Shatner are real people, and I was so thankful for that.

- Terry Bradshaw

Real, Real People, Shatner, Superstars

I am not much on down-time. I'm ADHD, and I gotta be moving.

- Terry Bradshaw

I Am, Gotta, Am, Moving

It was driving me crazy that I couldn't remember something that I studied the night before. All it did was trigger my anxiety, and all of sudden everything would snowball on me.

- Terry Bradshaw

Night, Before, Studied, Sudden

I've never had a problem with people expressing themselves. It's one thing great about our country.

- Terry Bradshaw

Country, One Thing, About, Expressing

Bottom line is, if you turn the ball over to a team that isn't as good, you then have brought them up to your level.

- Terry Bradshaw

Over, Level, Brought, Bottom Line

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes.

- Terry Bradshaw

Making Mistakes, Making, TV, Millions

We can't talk about Jesus. We can't mention that anymore.

- Terry Bradshaw

Talk, Jesus, About, Mention

I have always felt like a fish in water with football, Fox, speeches, riding horses, and raising cattle.

- Terry Bradshaw

Always, Like, Raising, Fish

I would not put Dak Prescott on the bench. I would leave him as the starter, and I wouldn't have a problem with that at all.

- Terry Bradshaw

Problem, Starter, Would, Bench

The best thing you can say about any coach is his players play hard for him.

- Terry Bradshaw

Play, Players, His, Coach

People ask me all the time would I like to still be playing? No. I'm glad I played when I played.

- Terry Bradshaw

People, Like, Still, Glad

I was frustrated I couldn't remember stuff, and I got real upset. It was driving me nuts.

- Terry Bradshaw

Remember, Upset, Frustrated, Driving

Washington, D.C., is one of my favorite cities.

- Terry Bradshaw

Favorite, Cities, Washington

It's obvious that my brain isn't what it used to be.

- Terry Bradshaw

Brain, Used, Obvious

I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier.

- Terry Bradshaw

I Wish, Like, Been, Earlier

The fear for a network is the viewer gets tired of you. Not that you lost any credibility, but they get tired of you.

- Terry Bradshaw

Lost, Get, Viewer, Credibility

The First Amendment rights, everybody has them.

- Terry Bradshaw

Rights, Amendment, Everybody, First Amendment

I've been bashed my whole career.

- Terry Bradshaw

Career, Been, Whole, Bashed

I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.

- Terry Bradshaw

Book, Decided, Talked, Primarily

I was not used to criticism.

- Terry Bradshaw

Used, Criticism

There's a company that wants to put hair on me! I don't know if it's plugs, I'm sure it is. I laughed and said, 'You gotta be kidding.'

- Terry Bradshaw

Sure, Gotta, Put, Laughed

For an athlete, there's no time off... until it's over.

- Terry Bradshaw

Athlete, Over, Until, No Time

All you got to do is look around. This country's getting worse and worse and more and more immoral, and we're rotting from within.

- Terry Bradshaw

Country, More, Within, Rotting

I'm not afraid of being fired, and I'm gonna speak my mind.

- Terry Bradshaw

Mind, Fired, Afraid, Gonna

I am a Christian guy. I've struggled with that; I have struggled with everything.

- Terry Bradshaw

I Am, Christian, Guy, Struggled

I don't like confrontation.

- Terry Bradshaw

Like, Confrontation

I enjoy my public speaking. That's what I love doing. It's what I'm good at.

- Terry Bradshaw

Love, Enjoy, Doing, Public Speaking

I love the national anthem.

- Terry Bradshaw

Love, I Love, Anthem, National

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

- Terry Bradshaw

I Am, Who, Am, Ashamed

Everybody handles things differently.

- Terry Bradshaw

Everybody, Things, Differently

I lose stuff. I forget stuff. I walk into rooms and go, 'Why am I in here? What did I come in here for?' Is that normal? I'm 65. I don't know.

- Terry Bradshaw

Lose, Here, Rooms, Normal

I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.

- Terry Bradshaw

Stupid, May, Dumb

That's one of the problems as a Christian, is that we have to deal with our failures and the shame of it all.

- Terry Bradshaw

Shame, Deal, Failures, Christian

I am a man that loves the flag.

- Terry Bradshaw

Man, I Am, Loves, Flag

I'm learning how to prevent my brain from getting worse than it is after suffering a career worth of concussions playing football.

- Terry Bradshaw

Learning, Suffering, Career, Worse

You can't live in the past.

- Terry Bradshaw

Live, Past, You, In The Past

The memory loss made me jittery at times.

- Terry Bradshaw

Memory, Made, Times, Loss

What does that mean - you're religious? Everybody is religious.

- Terry Bradshaw

Mean, Everybody, Does, Religious

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