22 Sideline Quotes for You to Enjoy

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline. Michael Jordan

Mind Sideline Could Crutches Body Stand

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table. Paul Auster

Work Food Money Own Translation Pay Earn Sideline Way Out Kind Spilled Table My Own Poetry Poets Put Contemporary French Sort Always Bread Interested Translating

Having been in football all my life as a player and a coach and having been on the sideline, I think the closer we can get to bringing people what it's like standing and watching the game on the sideline, with a better view, would be the perfect situation for television football. John Madden

Life Game People Better My Life Situation Think Sideline Television All My Life Would Would-Be Having Perfect Football Like Been Get Closer Coach View Standing Player Bringing Watching

Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something. Iggy Pop

Sideline Musical Plumbing Vocalist Something Voiceover Stuff Like Basically

You have to be able to recognize defenses on your own in pro football. You can't look to the sideline and read some board. You've got to recognize the defense on your own, and then you've got to communicate to your offensive teammates what you want them to do. Jon Gruden

I show up in a playoff game, I have my sideline sheet. I can't even spit plays out, I get so excited. I mean, you get nervous. These are critical, do-or-die situations. Third down and 1, Red Zone, what do I call? Two minute drill? Are we going to go no huddle? These are decisions that you wrestle with. Jon Gruden

You Game Nervous Down Sideline Out Critical Minute Wrestle Drill Spit Excited Red Call Sheet Go Up Get Going Situations Decisions Mean Show Even Zone Two Playoff Third Plays

I know how it feels to sit on the sideline and watch a spot that is supposed to be yours taken. Kofi Kingston

Sit Sideline Taken Feels Supposed Know Spot How Yours Watch

I've always been a guy to keep positive energy on the sideline. Baker Mayfield

Positive Positive Energy Energy Sideline Guy Always Been Keep

You can't sideline players who can take a good helping for themselves in the Power Plays. Ravi Shastri

Good You Power Sideline Take Themselves Who Helping Players Plays

It's easy to sit in the press box and say, ‘Hey, they should run the ball.' Come down and stand on the sideline with me and make decisions. You should run it here, you should pass it here, let's throw a screen here, let's get the quarterback out of the pocket right here. Doug Pederson

Me You Sit Down Sideline Hey Say Press Out Run Easy Pocket Throw Come Make Box Ball Pass Quarterback Get Screen Decisions Should Stand Right Here

I just know when I'm on the sideline, I can't expect somebody to push me out of bounds. Le'Veon Bell

Me Somebody Sideline Out Push Bounds Know Expect Just

Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but with football, it's the sideline strategists, the nutty professors and top coated Lears. J. R. Moehringer

Sideline Top Defined Nutty Ruth Football Robinson Eras Bulls Lakers Mantle Teams Baseball Professors Players Basketball

I want the University of Florida to be successful. I'm always going to be a Gator, unless I'm on the other sideline. Will Muschamp

Other Sideline Unless Always Going Want Successful Florida University

As a quarterback, when you do have a three-and-out or things do not go right, you are the first one to know. You know more than anyone out there what went wrong and what needs to be corrected and don't necessarily always need to hear it when you come off to the sideline. Alex Smith

If I'm not on the court, I have to be there to cheer my teammates on and from the sideline be there mentally and keep guys locked in and focused. Tristan Thompson

Teammates Sideline Locked Focused Guys Mentally Cheer Court Keep

I understand that at times coaches get heated, and there are things they don't really want to talk about. As a sideline reporter, you're in the line of fire, and I just got lit up once. And that's fine. Maria Taylor

Sideline reporting may look insidious, superfluous, or just a total waste of airtime from where you sit - probably on a couch or a recliner, perhaps on a bar stool in your local brewery - but let me assure you, if you're one of the handful who take it as seriously as some of my colleagues do, it is anything but. Suzy Shuster

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They don't draft you to sit there and stand on the sideline. Torrey Smith

You Sit Sideline Stand Draft

All I know is that when you look over at the coaches on the other sideline, and all you see are guys who either coached with you or played for you, then you know it's time to get out. Sid Gillman

Time You Other Sideline Out See Guys Over Know Look Get Either Then Coached Coaches Who Played