Joe Namath
Joe Namath
Joseph William Namath, nicknamed Broadway Joe, is a former American football quarterback and actor. He played college football for the University of Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant from 1962 to 1964, and professional football in the American Football Leagueand National Football Leagueduring the 1960s and 1970s. Namath was an American Football League icon and played for that league's New York Jets for most of his professional football career. He finished his career with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth31 May 1943
CountryUnited States of America
None of the body was designed to play football. Excuse me, you know, football, we're just not designed for.
My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.
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.
I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.
I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.
Things change when you have children; your priorities change.
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.
I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.
I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.
I can't compare family to athletics.
I am a football fan, yeah.
You learn how to be a gracious winner and an outstanding loser.
How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.