Ed Sabol Quotes

Tell me a fact, and I'll learn. Tell me a truth, and I'll believe. But tell me a story, and it will live in my heart forever.

Life is great, football is better.

Life is good. Football is better.

My father always used to say ‘treat everyone as a gentleman; not because they are, but because you are.’

But I can tell you this: Nothing will happen up there that can duplicate my life down here. That life cannot be better than the one I've lived down here, the football life. It's been perfect.

Treat everyone like a gentleman, not because they are, but because you are.

You can't soar like an eagle and crap like a canary.

To me, football is very personal. Even as a kid, I looked at football in dramaturgical terms. It wasn't the score that interested me, it was the struggle.

I've always believed in making films that you make the little decisions with your head, but you make the big decisions with your heart.

The autumn wind is a Raider, / Pillaging just for fun; / He'll knock you around, / And upside down, / And laugh when he's conquered and won.

I always was fascinated by neat nicknames.

John Facenda could read a laundry list and make it sound like the Constitution of the United States.

Life is great; football is better. Steve Sabol.

NFL Films has had one continuous, creative vision for 47 years. These are timeless things; timeless stories that we capture just like people go back and read Greek mythology.

I think in the NFL knowledge is power, and you try to get the knowledge by whatever means.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's not being noticed.

That helped us nurture not only the game's traditions but to develop its mythology: America's Team, The Catch, The Frozen Tundra.

Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now.

I dreamt the impossible dream and I’m living it right this moment.

I was kicked out of school one year for streaking.

I don't go to games as much as I used to because of the NFL's Sunday Ticket. So I'll watch the games, take notes.

I blew the college boards, and to ease the snub from Harvard made a tour of Europe.

Football is such a great game, but football players are so dull.

The importance of an artist is bringing new signs into a language.

If you can show something as complicated as two people falling in love with just music and camera angles, well, just think about what you can do with football.

Football is a sport of emotions, and we have to capture that in our films.

A perfect record does not mean that someone is the greatest. Rocky Marciano never lost a fight, but I never hear anyone say he's the greatest heavyweight champion of all time.

I kicked your arse and handed it to you like a hat.

Dean bristled at the idea of outsiders on our turf. I completely understood his apprehension. New people tended to want to kill us. I don’t know why. We were nice people.