"Once a Raider, Always a Raider" ~ Al Davis

"I've been a Raider all my life." ~ Jim Otto

"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer." ~ John Madden

"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon." ~ John Madden

"I used to read the playbook by the light of the juke box... Why would
anyone need 8 hours of sleep, just to play a 3 hour game?" ~ Kenny Stabler

"Every day I walked on to the field I was the best center." ~ Jim Otto

"If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that
wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was
in my way. And I love my mother." ~ Bo Jackson

"I have seen the Raiders develop into what they are today." ~ Jim Otto

"When you play for the Raiders you play to win and you play tough.
It’s not something the coaches teach or talk about.  It’s just there,
like in the air.  It’s an attitude- you are going to hit people and
smash them if you are a Raider." ~ Phil Villapiano

"You don’t adjust. You just dominate." ~ Al Davis

"I would play a receiver nose up all day. I'd hit him as many times as
possible; even knock him down if I could. I would go at his throat with
my hand, then to the side of his head, then to the chest. That would
sting him for at least 2 or 3 seconds, and he'd be easier to follow on
patterns." ~ Willie Brown

"The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break." ~ John Madden

"Jack Tatum could hit a man so hard that it would lift both his feet
off the ground." ~ Woody Hayes

"Easy to call, hard to run." ~ Ken Stabler

Oakland had so many renegades that when Ted Hendricks was acquired in
1975 he said, "Everywhere else I've played I've been known as colorful.
But around here, I'm quite boring." ~Ted Hendricks

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

"I want to win on the field... not in the media" ~ Al Davis

"And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever." ~ Jim Otto

"When I played for the Oakland Raiders they were the team people loved
to hate. I don't know if it was a reflection of the cast of characters
we had there or if it all started with Al Davis. I do know that Oakland
was a blue collar town that appreciated our brand of football. We
always had a huge and loyal following in Oakland." ~ Ken Stabler

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

"I saw greatness in John and he lived up to it. I also saw a tremendous
competitor who loved to win. John is a standard bearer, someone that
players, coaches, fans and the Raider Nation can all look up to. One of
his great virtues, the fire that burned brightest in him, was his love
and passion for football, which was seldom ever equaled." -  Al Davis

"Everyone wants to beat us. So you can never take a single game lightly." ~ Jim Otto

"A myth is a story told in a historical context. You think of that
name, Al Davis, and you think of an old, rich, white guy who owns the
Raiders." ~ Al Davis

"But now there are more concussions due to not being used to the hard
hitting." ~ Jim Otto

"If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad
day." ~ John Madden

"If you can't catch the ball," I always told them, "I'll get receivers
who can." ~ John Madden

"I have been a part of this development, so I am very proud of it." ~ Jim Otto

"I think the tougher the challenge the better." ~ Jim Otto

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

"The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No
one remembers anything else." ~ John Madden

"I work here at the Raiders. My position is basically what I make it." ~ Jim Otto

"It's not that difficult to win. It's more difficult to win consistently
and stay on top." ~ Jim Otto

"The plays I remember are the plays I made a mistake." ~ Jim Otto

"I've been to every stadium in the league and I didn't hear anything about
"Nation" until I came to Oakland, There is only the Raider Nation." ~ Jarrod Cooper

"There is hard hitting, but the hitting is not nearly as hard as it used
to be." ~ Jim Otto

They Call Me Assassin." ~ Jack Tatum

"I'm a Raider. We're out there for the fans, When you see them in the stands
sporting your number that leaves you with
a great feeling." ~ Stuart Schweigert

"When I hear anything derogatory towards the Raiders, I am definitely hurt." ~ Jim Otto

"I don’t really trust a sane person." ~ Lyle Alzado

"You have to stay one level above everyone else" ~ Jim Otto

"Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they
don't want to hear." ~ John Madden

"You must also give mental and physical fitness priority." ~ Jim Otto

"A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance." ~ Tom
Flores

"I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault." ~ Jack Tatum

"If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out.
And it wouldn't be the monkey." ~ Lyle Alzado

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

"I was always confident. It's just about me being confident in what I'm doing
and knowing what's going on with our team." ~ Jamarcus Russell

"We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland" ~ Jim Otto

"We going home....they going home" ~ Darrell Russell

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

"You never drop a ball you take the time to catch." ~ Fred Biletnikoff

"If this team stays together, we can win every single Sunday man. If you don't care who gets the credit." ~ Jon Gruden

"I never took one day in my NFL career for granted, ... I realized how fortunate I was to be playing a game I loved." ~ Rich Gannon

“Should we have won more championships, more Super Bowls? Yes, we should have. But I don't think you put that on the head coach. We, as players, have to make that happen, and we didn't make it happen like we should have.” ~ Art Shell