Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Clarence "Ace" Parker
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Famous quotes containing the words pro, football, hall and/or fame:
“The upbeat lawyer/negotiator of preadolescence has become a real pro by nowcynical, shrewd, a tough cookie. Youre constantly embroiled in a match of wits. Youre exhausted.”
—Ron Taffel (20th century)
“People stress the violence. Thats the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it theres a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. Theres a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, theres a satisfaction to the game that cant be duplicated. Theres a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“Sweet death, small son, our instrument
Of immortality,
Your cries and hungers document
Our bodily decay.”
—Donald Hall (b. 1928)
“People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you, of any kind of natureand it wont hurt your feelingslike its happening to your clothing.”
—Marilyn Monroe (19261962)