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  • I would have all my offensive linemen wrestle if I could.

  • Ray Lewis knifed through those offensive linemen like a sucker-punch switchblade slicing between the ribs of some inebriated trash-talking punk outside a sports bar.

  • You take all the offensive linemen and put them in a burlap bag, and then you take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. You’re sacking them. You’re bagging them. And that’s what you’re doing with a quarterback.

    Baseball   Bats   Bags  
    "Deacon Jones Dies at 74; Made Quarterback Sack Brutal and Enthralling" by Richard Goldstein, www.nytimes.com. June 4, 2013.
  • To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.

  • I really like to play inside. I really like being able to go one-on-one with an offensive lineman every play. At defensive end, you're more running up the field and containing more than you are just against an offensive lineman.

    Running   Play   Able  
  • I can tell Tajh Boyd is scared back there. He ain't no sitting duck, but you can see in his eyes that he's scared of our D-linemen. We know that coming into the game that we have him shook already. We get a couple hits on him and it changes the whole game. He's scared every time we play them. I know he's probably listening to this right now, but I'm just telling the truth, man.

    Couple   Eye   Men  
    "The best Jadeveon Clowney quotes from SEC Media Day" by Christopher Wilson, sports.yahoo.com. July 17, 2013.
  • I am a lineman for the county.

    Lineman   County  
    Song: Wichita Lineman, Album: Ten Great Songs
  • I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general.

  • Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self-determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is the emotion that galvanizes the backs and receivers.

    Football   Simple   Self  
    "Who's Better, Who's Best in Football?: Setting the Record Straight on the Top 60 NFL Players of the Past 60 Years". Book by Steve Silverman, 2009.
  • maybe a certain amount of narcissism is as essential to an actress as muscles are to a football lineman.

    Velda Johnston (1990). “Flight to Yesterday”, G K Hall & Company
  • I feel like as a linebacker or a D-lineman, any cut, it's a man sport -- be a man, hit me up high, Hit like rams. You don't see a ram going and cutting another ram's legs. They hit head to head, pad to pad.

    Sports   Cutting   Men  
  • I see more now. As far as concepts, I know where teammates are going, linemen are going. I can read defensive fronts. I can read the body language of linebackers. I study film to see who's a bull rusher and who's a finesse rusher. I think I've learned.

    Thinking   Bulls   Body  
  • Defensive and offensive lineman control the game and true sports fans know that.

    Sports   Games   Fans  
  • I feel like I've helped create a new standard of hustle for defensive linemen.

  • The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.

  • I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.

    Football   Block   Nfl  
  • Offensive linemen are like salt. Nobody ever remembers the brand they buy.

  • You continue to build and work on new things, and continue to beat offensive linemen, week in and week out.

    Offensive   Week   Beats  
    "The Shutdown Corner Interview: Ndamukong Suh". Interview with Doug Farrar, sports.yahoo.com. June 30, 2011.
  • When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food.

    Football   Nfl   Pounds  
  • I think some people just don't know that much about comedy. It would be like a person who didn't know anything about football thinking all offensive linemen are the same.

  • I was a defensive lineman coming out of high school who was considered amongst the top maybe the top six guys, top five guys, and wanted to prove to my team that I was going to be a top guy going into college.

    Team   School   College  
  • I don't want to be one of those players that is just a first, second or third down player. I want to be a four-down player, able to play in the ground and dirt with the linemen, but also able to play in space.

    Player   Space   Four  
    Source: prod.www.chiefs.clubs.nfl.com
  • I like to compare the two to a quarterback and a lineman. Being a brakeman is very physical and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters. Your position is won or lost by the hundredths of seconds you are faster than another individual. It's like the lineman who is there mostly for their athleticism and physicality. The driver, like the quarterback, possesses a unique skill that takes a lot longer to learn.

    Unique   Skills   Two  
    Source: www.beliefnet.com
  • If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.

  • I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

    Sports   Football   Names  
  • I didn't say what I said to be controversial just because most people are picking the Patriots to win. I consider myself a pretty good judge of talent when it comes to defensive linemen and the Panthers' biggest strength is their defensive line. You win the battle of the trenches and that goes a long way to winning the game.

    Winning   Games   Long  
  • Tight end is one of the hardest positions to play in football. It's right up there with quarterback and cornerback. You have to have the skills of a wide receiver and the strength of an offensive lineman, and it's not easy to balance those two.

    Football   Play   Skills  
  • Every great team that I've been on, the offensive linemen was the bell cows of the whole team.

    Team   Bells   Cows  
    Source: www.chicagotribune.com
  • Now that I'm retired, I want to say that all defensive linemen are sissies.

    Nfl   Want   Linemen  
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