John Madden
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"John Earl Madden" is a former American football player in the National Football League, a former Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders in the American Football Conference of the NFL, and a former color commentator for NFL telecasts. In 2006, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching career. He is also widely known for the long-running Madden NFL video game series he has endorsed and fronted since 1988. Madden worked as a color analyst for all four major networks: NFL on CBS/CBS (1981–1993), NFL on FOX/Fox (1994–2001), Monday Night Football/ABC (2002–2005), and NBC Sunday Night Football/NBC (2006–2008).

Madden has also written several books and has served as a commercial pitchman for various products and retailers. He retired from broadcasting on April 16, 2009 in order to spend more time with his family.

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The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field.

When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.

A team should never practice on a field that is not lined. Your players have to become aware of the field's boundaries.