Punting Quotes

If people don't know what a punter is in football, they're not going to know what a fourth down kicker is, either.

I think we are elected with a responsibility to take tough votes, tackle tough challenges today. There's too much punting.

It was actually, 'Where ever there is television, there is poor old shagged out Tom Baker running across the rocks and punting down the river.'

I was playing in the league when Ray Guy was playing in the league. He was the best kicker I've ever seen. He could bullet that ball 70 yards.

It's fun to come in when it's first down. It's not fun to come back in when it's third-and-long.

You're never trying to have three-and-outs; I don't care what offense you're playing.

I love being a punter.

All of earth's creatures have, hidden within their beings, a wild uncontrollable urge to punt!

People think kickers in general kick field goals. But kickers are actually good athletes; we run and work out just like the rest of the football team.

Special teams is one-third of the game.

There's three parts to football: offense, defense, and special teams. You'd no more ignore special teams than you would offense or defense.

I think a punt can be a big play in a game. If it's anything like a real game, then you realize that a Pat McAfee punt that downs someone inside the 2-yard line can really swing a game. I'm all for punting in video games.

I'm a blue-collar American who enjoys life and who just happens to be good at punting footballs.

If you're a punter or a kicker, you don't have a lot of film study to do. There's not a lot of things to watch. You're just going to kick the ball.

Punting the ball is really frustrating to me.

I think exposure for kickers and punters is not that bad of a thing. I think it's come a long way, and hopefully, in the future, kickers and punters won't be mocked as much.

Punters must catch bullet snaps that sometimes bounce or test their verticals. Then they must aim away from dangerous returners or pierce the wind with low spirals or drop punts into 'coffin corners' or stick them nose-first like majestic 2-irons near the goal line.

I think on special teams... I want to be sound.

Most kickers and punters and snappers are pretty cordial with each other throughout the year.

Politics is like football ... Sometimes you have to punt.

You want me to play kicker or punter, all I gotta do is get a good stretch in and warm my foot up. I think I can kick the ball, too.

It was football I enjoyed most. When I moved to L.A. to become a stand-up comedian, I thought it might be a good comedy hook to also be the punter for USFL club The L.A. Express, so I started practicing for the tryouts. Luckily, my stand-up took off, and I didn't need to do it.

Returning punts is one of my favorite things to do in the whole world. It's awesome. It's like playing on the highway.