Football Rules Quotes

There's obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he's a runner. How's the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?

Whenever you're falling or getting tackled, try to protect yourself. But that's part of the game; that's part of football.

Who cares if they throw a football that has no air pressure? What does it matter? Why don't we let the quarterbacks do whatever they want to the football? I don't understand why there's any rules.

Football is inherently dangerous, and that will never change.

I don't want to be making tackles.

I just want to play football.

Some referees have to think about treating every player the same, even if it's Ronaldinho or another player from a Premiership club. It doesn't matter how good you are: you have to be treated the same.

I am here to change anything. I'm here to adapt. The critieria between a yellow and red card. What is a foul and what is not.

I couldn't identify just one, but there's numerous rule changes and points of emphasis that have reflected a change on the field almost immediately. It's hard to avoid the horse-collar tackle, for example, but the players understand why the rule is in there - because of the injury rate prior to us making that a personal foul.

I know the college rule is if they push you out of bounds, you can come back in and catch the ball, but I think the NFL rule is it doesn't matter how you get out of bounds, you can't be the first one to touch the ball. That's what I think it is, I'm not really sure on that.

At the top end I do think it's time we have goal-line technology, I'm not mad on other technology but certainly goal-line technology.

I hate touch football.

If a player has been affected by racist chanting, then it is up to the officials to stop the game and make sure a message is read out to the supporters asking them to stop.

I don't know that the referee can be watching holding on the offensive line and get back to the quarterback. I think watching the quarterback is a full-time job.

You can't really get into regular football after you watch Australian rules football because it's just two different ends of the totem pole.

The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.

The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned.

It's not an exercise on how to avoid getting hit. I think there are certain safety measures that take care of the mental part of it, with players not looking to hit somebody in the head. They've done that. But let's not take the entertainment value out of football.

When I first started playing football, a headache was called a 'headache.' And now it's called 'a concussion.'

I think the state of the NFL has a very positive outlook.

The history of football has always thrown up big surprises.

A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.

It is football. I'm not a politician.

I love the NFL. Everything that I really have is because of the NFL... but every idea that the NFL pitched is not a great idea.

The game of football is something I dearly love, and there's nothing else I'd rather be doing.