50+ Joe Namath Quotes (Iconic, Innovative And Charismatic)

Joe Namath was an American football quarterback and actor. He played college football for the University of Alabama before being drafted by the New York Jets in the first round of the 1965 NFL Draft. Nicknamed "Broadway Joe", Namath was an AFL icon and played for that league's New York Jets for most of his professional football career.

Top 10 Joe Namath Quotes

1. When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
2. When you win, nothing hurts.
3. Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.
4. I don't know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf.
5. I've got news for you. We're gonna win the game. I guarantee it.
6. Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.
7. You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.
8. What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.
9. Football is a team game. So is life.
10. I love football. I really love football, As far as I'm concerned, it's the second best thing in the world.

Joe Namath Short Quotes

• It feels good to show some courage.
• Nobody wants to follow somebody who doesn't know where he's going.
• I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling.
• To win, you have to lose, and then get pissed off.
• My ego's not the kind that says, 'I want to be an actor and be accepted as that.
• It feels bad to feel like you're not wanted.
• My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.
• I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.
• I took my time to find the perfect girl.
• I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.

Joe Namath Famous Quotes And Sayings

After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass. — Joe Namath

I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggling. What we know is we can improve. Chad Pennington, our quarterback, missed the first part of the season, and we struggled. We're looking to next season. We're looking to make a noise now, and I wanna kiss you! — Joe Namath

Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college and I guess I agreed with them or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got. — Joe Namath

When we won the league championship, all the married guys on the club had to thank their wives for putting up with all the stress and strain all season. I had to thank all the single broads in New York. — Joe Namath

After my first knee operation, in January of '65 before I went to the Jets, Dr. James Nicholas told me everything went well and that I could probably play four years in the NFL. The surgery was trailblazing to a certain extent. — Joe Namath

None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we're just not designed for. — 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

I wanna kiss you. I couldn't care less about the team struggguulliing...We're looking to make a noise now and ... I wanna kiss you! — 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

I can't wait until tomorrow 'cause I get better looking every day. — Joe Namath

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

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

I was born with the gift. — Joe Namath

I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that I have in football - being one of the very top players in the game, being a world champion. — Joe Namath

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

I like music and I like ladies. I like to see them dance. — 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

It's not how you fall that counts.. It's how you get up — Joe Namath

I've been some through some things medically. I've seen some things on my brain. But I've had some treatment - and I've improved. — 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

We're going to win Sunday. I guarantee it. — Joe Namath

I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing. — 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

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

I spent the nights before the Jets' two biggest games last year - for the AFL championship and the Super Bowl - with girls. But I don't consider that bad or foolish of me... The night before a game, I prepare myself both mentally and physically for the next day. I think a ballplayer has to be relaxed to play well; and if that involves being with a girl that night, he should do it. — Joe Namath

Till I was 13, I thought my name was "Shut Up." — Joe Namath

I have no idea what my batting average was in high school, but I know it wasn't below .450, and that's pretty good hitting where I come from. — Joe Namath

The reality of it, excuse me, is when you're in the public they already have a perception of you, ... And that can be a little awkward. — Joe Namath

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

I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can. — Joe Namath

Life Lessons by Joe Namath

1. Joe Namath taught us that hard work and dedication can lead to success. He worked hard to become one of the best quarterbacks of all time and he never gave up, even when faced with adversity.
2. Joe Namath also showed us that it is important to have a positive attitude and remain humble, even when achieving great success. He was always gracious and humble, even when he was at the top of his game.
3. Joe Namath proved that it is possible to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness. He overcame injuries and other challenges to become one of the most successful athletes of all time.