Welcome to the blog of Pastor Alton Stone, from Simpsonville, SC. Pastor Stone is a retired Ordained Bishop of The Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee with over 45 years of pastoral ministry.

Friday, July 29, 2011

A Week of Fun-Football Follies

Are you ready for some football? This is about football - but it's about life too.

Quotes from past gridiron legends have added to football's lore and should be passed on to today's youth to increase their wisdom.  (These are good...)

  1. 'Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas ' Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game.
  2. 'After you retire, there's only one big event left... and I ain't ready for that.' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
  3. 'The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
  4. 'When you win, nothing hurts.' Joe Namath / Alabama
  5. 'Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
  6. 'If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, 'Roll, tide, roll!' Bear Bryant / Alabama
  7. 'A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.' Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
  8. 'There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the devil kicked out of you.' Woody Hayes / Ohio State
  9. 'I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation.' Bob Devaney / Nebraska
  10. 'In Alabama , an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant.' Wally Butts / Georgia
  11. 'You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life.' Paul Dietzel / LSU
  12. 'It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.' Bear Bryant / Alabama
  13. When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. 'No, but you can see it from here.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas.
  14. 'I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.' Bear Bryant / Alabama
  15. 'There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line.' Matty Bell / SMU

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