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Deacon Jones Biography

David D. "Deacon" Jones (December 9, 1938 – June 3, 2013) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and the Washington Redskins. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

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You hear all this stuff about inner peace. Hey, there's nothing wrong with it, but I say, hit that line hard. Crack that book - Do your very best all the time and inner peace will take care of itself. The Deacon guarantees it.

Book, Football, Nfl, Nothing, Say

The problem a guy who lies all the time faces is he never can tell when anybody else is telling the truth.

Football, Guy, Lies, Lying, Nfl, Telling

If you feel like you want to die, it's time to sit down and make a list of all the things you haven't done yet.

Die, Done, Football, List, Nfl, Things

I developed a term that is used in the game right now called sacking a quarterback. Sacking a quarterback is just like you devastate a city or you cream a multitude of people. I mean it’s just like you put all the offensive players in one bag and I just take a baseball bat and beat on the bag.

Baseball, Developed, Mean, Player, Players

I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.

Football, Guy, Nfl, Nothing, Right, Rolls

Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I will prepare myself. And my time will come. " And you know, that's exactly what I said about myself and football - What do you think? Were Abe and I both just lucky ducks?

Football, Hard Work, Man, Thinking, Work

First, you've got to get the job. "Yeah, I can do it," I would say. When I was a kid, I could do anything. Lucky nobody ever asked me if I could fly a jet plane.

Football, Job, Jobs, Kid, Kids, Say

I believe that if you die trying to be your best, the world is still a better place.

Believe, Die, Football, Nfl, World

When it comes to your life's work, you can't take yourself too seriously. Even Jesus had an occasional joke with the boys, take walking on water, for instance - but there's a time and place for fun. Jesus never faltered when it came time to tip over the money stalls or to take his hard walk up the mountain.

Boys, Football, Fun, Jesus, Joke, Place

All men are created equal. After that, it's up to you.

Created, Equal, Football, Men, Nfl

You'll find your life greatly simplified if you only worry about stuff you can fix.

Fix, Football, Greatly, Life, Nfl, Worry

I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the NFL. "Sack the quarterback. " That was nice. I thought it was lots better than saying, "Jones tackles the QB behind the line for another loss of yardage. . . " It had a ring to it, and it caught on with the sports writers. But I tell you, doing it was a lot more fun than talking about it.

Come, Football, Fun, Loss, Nfl, Sports

Know the difference between famous and great.

Difference, Differences, Famous, Football, Know, Nfl

How are you going to do great things if you are not committed to your work.

Committed, Great Things, Ifs, Things, Work

How can you possibly be sympathetic to every fool on the planet? Just the other day, I heard a man whining about his hopeless love of cross-dressing. Call me unenlightened, but I started to laugh.

Football, Heard, Hopeless, Man, Men, Nfl

You are one of a kind, one in a billion, an incredible unique individual. The problem is, so is everybody else.

Everybody, Football, Nfl, Problem, Unique

There are all kinds of smiles. On the football field I mostly used the one where the hawk spots the dove.

Dove, Football, Hawks, Nfl, Smiles

And so now you think society is to blame for the mess you made of yourself?

Blame, Nfl, Society, Think, Thinking

Anytime you go upside a man's head - or a woman - then they have a tendency to blink they eyes. Or close they eyes.

Eye, Eyes, Head, Men, Tendencies, Tendency

You take all the offensive linemen and put them in a burlap bag, and then you take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. You’re sacking them. You’re bagging them. And that’s what you’re doing with a quarterback.

Bags, Baseball, Bats, Linemen, Quarterback, Sacking

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