Jerry Kramer Quotes (19 Quotes)


    College was especially sweet because of the positive, hopeful atmosphere of a college campus.

    Inside the Locker Room is a private, inside look at Coach Lombardi and the men who played for him. The locker room was a very private place you will hear tears, laughter, prayers and curses. That is the way it was, and my hope is that the listeners will feel that they were right there with us.

    I'm glad we turned it around from what we did last year. We got some nice pitching performances. Our pitchers did well today and we are hitting really well.

    Probably the best part of my life has been watching the kids play their games.

    We will pay any price that we are instructed to. But the money has to come from somewhere.


    My whole life has been one of seeking experience.

    Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job.

    The ring was gone . Captain gets on the PA system, pleads with whoever picked it up to give it back, the stewardess goes up and down telling people. Nobody comes forth with it .

    It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do.

    The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.

    Then to have your baby playing at the school you played at and having him play well is a special treat.

    In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.

    When the game is over it is really just beginning.

    I was angry, I felt violated . I was angry for quite a while about it, and now I would just like to have it back. It's kind of like one of the kids been gone a long time and needs to come home now .

    Many things have been said about Coach, and he is not understood by those who quote him. The players understand. This is one beautiful man.

    Twenty-five years ago I was traveling from Chicago to New York on a United Airlines flight. Went to the bathroom, washed my hands, soapy water, the ring slipped off, put it on the sink .

    There's a great deal of love for one another on this club. Perhaps we're living in Camelot.

    Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them.

    To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.


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