Christopher Walsh - Packers Triviology: Fascinating Facts from the Sidelines

For Matt and Sarah, because it all began in Wisconsin. There are three important things in life: family, religion, and the Green Bay Packers. Vince Lombardi 7. Quotes When thinking of the Green Bay Packers, the last thing that probably comes to mind is the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. In fact, Titletown may be the closest thing to the opposite of Tinseltown. However, the two have crossed paths before.

For example, the 2008 movie Leatherheads , starring George Clooney and Renee Zellweger, was inspired by Hall of Famer Johnny Blood McNally. Brett Favre made a hilarious cameo in the comedy Theres Something About Mary . The Packers were the subject of a 1937 MGM/UA movie, Pigskin Champions . Former Packer and Lambeau Field announcer Gary Knafelc was an actor who used the screen name Gary Kincaid. Actor Matthew McConaugheys father, Jim, was drafted by the Packers (27 th round, 1953) as was Alan Autry, who played Captain Bubba Skinner in the TV series In the Heat of the Night . However, the marquee Hollywood appearance by a Green Bay Packer has to be Ray Nitschke, who starred as Guard Bogdanski in the 1974 Burt Reynolds movie The Longest Yard .

His character is memorably carried from the field after being drilled in a, shall we say, sensitive area by two bullet passes from Paul Wrecking Crewe. Name the person who made the following statements, (and if you dont know the answer its probably Vince Lombardi.) 1.Im pretty boring really. 2.There is no substitute for work; it is the price of success. 3.Everything we talk about is about beating the Packers, the Bears, and the Vikings. Obviously there are other teams in the league, but if you can dominate and be on top of your division you are always in the playoff hunt. 4.Coach, did you ever play in this league? 5.Just call me the judge. 4.Coach, did you ever play in this league? 5.Just call me the judge.

All I do is sit on the bench. 6.Fatigue makes cowards of us all. 7.We hitched our wagon to a Starr. 8.There are certain guys you want to hit, and some you dont. I try to take everyones head off, to tell the truth. Im not going to play differently regardless.

Im out there to play 100 percent every play, whoever it is. If it was my own brother, I wouldnt change my play. 9.Lets get one thing straight right now: Im in complete command here. 10.The Packers have lots of owners nobody knows instead of one owner who doesnt know squat. 11.If I ever play on this field again, Ill jump off the Empire State Building. 12.Ed Neal weighed 275 pounds, stripped.

His arms were as big as my leg and as hard as a table. 13.What people said couldnt happen here, happened here. Im proud of that. 14.Two or three plays in a game spell victory or defeat. You never know when that play is coming up. 16.The things he can do with his arm and his feet. 16.The things he can do with his arm and his feet.

Its hard to find someone better right now. 17.We have been accused of playing mean, vicious, hungry football. It has been said we only play to win. How else is there to play? 18.When you played for Vince Lombardi, anything other than death was a minor injury. 19.Gentlemen, Ive never been associated with a losing team. I do not intend to start now 20.I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days.

If I had gone into professional football [my] name might have been a household word today. 21.Football is a game of inches and inches make a champion. 22.It was the character of the Packers, man. We played for 60 minutes. We let it all hang out. There was no tomorrow for us.

We got the adrenaline flowing, and we just let it go, man. 23.About 10 vodkas. 24.There wasnt a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field. 25.Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. If the defense is scattered all over the field, it means that they are either confused, tired, or without desire. 26.Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about.

They didnt do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another. 27.Were just a fart in the wind. This ought to take care of all that silly dynasty talk. 28.The guys got nothing to prove. Hes the best quarterback Ive ever seen.

He can certainly go out in style. Well wait and see, but its pretty emotional. Its weird to think of the Green Bay Packers without him. 29.Physical pressure on an opponent is necessary. Mental pressure will make him crack. 31.Many things have been said about Coach, and he is not understood by those who quote him. 31.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. 32.You know the old saying, when it rains it pours. When it comes, it comes in bunches. It seems that way in my case. 35.You never lose a game if your opponent doesnt score. 36.That was probably the most brutal football game that I have ever been in. 36.That was probably the most brutal football game that I have ever been in.

I know that it was. The weather was terrible, and the field was frozen, and the wind in Yankee Stadium was just terrible. It really was the coldest that I ever played in. The weather affected me more than the Ice Bowl game that was played in Green Bay. 37.A winning football team must avoid mistakes with a passion, treat mistakes with a vengeance. 39.I was brought here to win. 40.Desire is cold fury burning within a man. 41.Ive enjoyed every minute of my 15 years, well almost every minute. 41.Ive enjoyed every minute of my 15 years, well almost every minute.

There is nothing I could have done with my life that I would have enjoyed more. There is only one thing I regret, looking back: I regret that it is not 1958 again, so Id have it do over again. 42.Classic example of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 44.Lombardi was a cruel, kind, tough, gentle, miserable, wonderful man, who I often hate, often love, and always respect. 45.Good fellows are a dime a dozen. 45.Good fellows are a dime a dozen.

Aggressive leaders are priceless. 46.Sometimes you get caught up in whats going on around you. The reality is that you are just a regular person. At some point, the career will be over, the bright lights turn off. That can come back to haunt you if youre not just a regular guy. 48.Reggie White was the ultimate player at his position for two decades. 48.Reggie White was the ultimate player at his position for two decades.

To have a player of that caliber cast with your players speaks volumes for your team and the direction you want to take with your organization. Youre talking about a man selected to 13-straight Pro Bowls. 49.There doesnt look to be any limit to what he can do. 50.Defeat must be admitted before it is reality. 51.We are not familiar with losing, and that is one thing we stress in this locker room: dont get familiar with losing, because we never lose games here. 53.Were always trying to find ways to lower interceptions and stuff. 53.Were always trying to find ways to lower interceptions and stuff.

My nature, Im aggressive. Ill take shots, Ill take chances; therefore, you have mistakes. 54.Anything is ours providing were willing to pay the price. 55.When its third and long, you can take the milk drinkers and Ill take the whiskey drinkers every time. 56.When I wanted to hire TedIve told people this storyhe was the one I wanted and I called Ron Wolf before I made the final call to Ted. 57.Mental attitude is 75 percent of winning. 58.Every man must leave the field with the feeling that every spectator is convinced they have seen the best player in the country. 59.Lambeau was always special, and so was Milwaukee. 60.I told all of the coaches here that we had two of the most physical safeties in the country playing behind me. 60.I told all of the coaches here that we had two of the most physical safeties in the country playing behind me.