Jim Otto Quotations

I have been a part of this development, so I am very proud of it.

I don't think you'll find much opposition to putting it behind the counter. I think most retailers are supportive.

There is hard hitting, but the hitting is not nearly as hard as it used to be.

We have three tremendous tight ends in Christianson, Casper, and Chester.

Kansas City people are very, very loyal to their players and their team, ... Very avid. Very similar to our people.

But now there are more concussions due to not being used to the hard hitting.

I took a week off to go to Wisconsin for my mother's 90th birthday. I probably shouldn't have. I didn't feel well the whole time I was gone and went right back in the hospital.

It was a very exciting time for me to play professional football, finally.

I like him very much, ... He's a good guy, a fighter and a scrapper. He has to continue to fight and scrap and stay healthy.

calling a friend, a Placer County Sheriff's deputy (Ryan Berry). She knew I was home. For a moment, I evidently came to and picked up the phone but could hardly talk. I just moaned. She knew something had happened.

He took 'characters' and handled them and made players out of them. He was on top of the offense and the defense. He could talk to the defensive coach while setting up the offense during a game. He was always involved in every aspect, including special teams. I've not seen intensity like it was when he was there since in the organization.

I can remember knowing that I had to block Willie Lanier, or I had Buck Buchanan and Curley Culp right over my nose, beating on me, ... I'd get done blocking one Hall of Famer and there would be another one. It was a battle, no two ways about it.

Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly.

I've been a Raider all my life.

I think Ray Guy and John Madden for sure should be in the Hall of Fame and Cliff Branch should be as well.

I work here at the Raiders. My position is basically what I make it.

I think the tougher the challenge the better.

I liked to play against all the teams in the National Football League or the American Football League, because they were always a challenge.

I have seen the Raiders develop into what they are today.

I also played in the 1967 Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers.

Everyday I walked on to the field I was the best center.

And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever.

I was told in high school that the last game during your senior year stays with you forever, which is true.

If something is said about the Raiders, I'm ready to go to war.

It's not that difficult to win. It's more difficult to win consistently and stay on top.

You come out hurting all over, and what didn't hurt, didn't work.

If the entire team can feel the same way about these things, you can consistently remain a winner.

I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see.

The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders.

You have to stay one level above everyone else.

When I hear anything derogatory towards the Raiders, I am definitely hurt.

We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland.

The plays I remember are the plays I made a mistake.

The first game I played. We played against the Dallas Texans.

You must also give mental and physical fitness priority.