Quotes About Al Davis

#1. I have never forgiven myself ... that I might have made a mistake.

Al Davis

#2. I don't want to say Gray Davis is on the run, but today he released an audiotape on the Al Jazeera network from his underground bunker somewhere in the Sacramento area.

Jay Leno

#3. Al Davis treated me like son. That man helped me become the man I am today.

Sebastian Janikowski

#4. Time never stops for the great ones

Al Davis

#5. There was also talk of bringing Al Gore to California to help out, but there was concern that Gray Davis and Al Gore in the same state would cause some kind of rolling personality blackout.

Jay Leno

#6. I can control most things, but I don't seem to be able to control death.

Al Davis

#7. Howard Dean was endorsed by Al Gore. Now, if Dean could get Gray Davis to campaign for him, that would put him over the top.

Jay Leno

#8. A helluva athlete, the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.

Al Davis

#9. The quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard

Al Davis

#10. A Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John Edwards, Howard Dean, George Soros, or Al Gore looks - no, acts - like he either came out of a hairstylist's salon or got off a Gulfstream.

Victor Davis Hanson

#11. Approximately four years ago, we were told that Jerry Rice would be a free agent and there were people who felt that he no longer could contribute.

Al Davis

#12. I love my country and I love my league.

Al Davis

#13. In Oakland, Al Davis was a genius. We had Ron Wolff there, too, and he was a genius. There was no room for me to be a genius.

John Madden

#14. If it weren't for a new rule that came into being, we'd have played three years in a row in the championship game.

Al Davis

#15. You don't adjust. You just dominate.

Al Davis

#16. No one could have brought in more personnel than we have to build a football team.

Al Davis

#17. The greatness of the Raiders lies in their future.

Al Davis

#18. Look, I don't want to win in the press. I want to win on the field.

Al Davis

#19. Don't treat people how you want to be treated, treat them how they want to be treated.

Al Davis

#20. Wake up, Carolee, the plane is waiting for us, we have to get to the game.

Al Davis

#21. History will dictate what my legacy is. And 'maverick' is fine, because I am.

Al Davis

#22. Al Davis is the kind of guy who would steal your eyes and then try to convince you that you looked better without them

Sam Rutigliano

#23. Once a Raider, always a Raider.

Al Davis

#24. Just shred baby, shred.

Al Davis

#25. Al Davis has been the biggest influence in my professional football life. I mean, he was a guy that gave me an opportunity, one, to get into professional football in 1967 as an assistant coach, and then at the age of 32, giving me the opportunity to be the head coach.

John Madden

#26. The fire that burns brightest in the Raiders organization is the will to win.

Al Davis

#27. I saw Al Foster with Miles Davis the other week. It was beautiful. But, the whole thing was, Al Foster played as well as everybody else, but all of them were quite brilliant under Miles Davis' direction.

Charlie Watts

#28. They say ... the stopwatch never lies. Speed kills but absolute speed kills absolutely.

Al Davis

#29. It's not important to be consistent, it's important to be right.

Al Davis

#30. I'm in pro football to win, to have the Raiders dominate, to have the Raiders global, and we're not going to be able to do that with a half-filled stadium.

Al Davis

#31. Jerry Rice made the decision and we honestly tried to accommodate him the best way we can.

Al Davis

#32. We want to win. The Raider fans deserve it. The Raider players deserve it, even my organization deserves it. You have to win and you have to win with a vision for the Super Bowl. That's our passion here.

Al Davis

#33. We would rather be feared than respected.

Al Davis

#34. They said you had to take what the defense gave you. No, we are going to take what we want.

Al Davis

#35. I'd like my next head coach to be winning oriented. We would consider anyone that we think is right.

Al Davis

#36. Why should I talk to you? I don't know where you're from.

Al Davis