The Best Joe Namath quotes

I’ve got news for you. We’re gonna win the game. I guarantee it. — Joe Namath

Football is a team game. So is life. — Joe Namath

Football is an honest game. It’s true to life. It’s a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life. — Joe Namath

I’ve figured out that life in general is a team effort; it’s a team game. — Joe Namath

The name of the game is ‘kill the quarterback.’ Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that’s handling the ball. — Joe Namath

The game is choreographed; it is mental, it is physical, it is a battle. People can feel those hits when they are in the stadium, you feel them and you see the velocity of the players. — Joe Namath

My family’s the most important thing in my life. — Joe Namath

Something’s been guiding me around throughout my life. — Joe Namath

As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment. — Joe Namath

My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different. — Joe Namath

I’ve tested life and I’ve learned what works for me. — Joe Namath

There are some things you only learn through experience. — Joe Namath

You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser. — Joe Namath

I should have been thinking more about my family, how I raised my children, how I maintained life’s work, so to speak. — Joe Namath

There’s an old saying amongst players in football talking about your general manger and coaches, they speak with a forked tongue. — Joe Namath

I can’t compare family to athletics. — Joe Namath

Things change when you have children; your priorities change. — Joe Namath

I was born with the gift. — Joe Namath

If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all? — Joe Namath

I am a football fan, yeah. — Joe Namath

Where I came from, sports were the only way to get out front. — Joe Namath

I have to convince myself I know what I’m doing. — Joe Namath

I made a plan, beIng a quarterback, we’re dealIng wIth sports we hear about makIng a plan and tryIng to move on wIth the plan. — Joe Namath

First, I prepare. Then I have faith. — Joe Namath

I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view. — Joe Namath

Nobody wants to follow somebody who doesn’t know where he’s going. — Joe Namath

I’d rather go to Vietnam than get married. — Joe Namath

Times have changed. The athletes have changed. — Joe Namath

I don’t care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don’t care so long as he’s straight with me and our dealings are fair. — Joe Namath

To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn’t know where he is going. — Joe Namath

My ego’s not the kind that says, ‘I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.’ — Joe Namath

You learn you can do your best even when it’s hard, even when you’re tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage. — Joe Namath

Pressure just makes you go a little more. I kind of like pressure. — Joe Namath

I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important. — Joe Namath

I was focused on athletics, outdoors, sports. — Joe Namath

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. — Joe Namath

What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do. — Joe Namath

I’ve always said I’m going to get married only once. — Joe Namath