Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Ray Guy

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Ray Guy.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

William Ray Guy is an American former professional football player who played as punter for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Guy was a unanimous All-American selection in 1972 as a senior at the University of Southern Mississippi, and was the first pure punter ever to be drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft, when the Oakland Raiders selected him with the 23rd overall pick in 1973. Guy was elected to both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. An eight-time NFL All-Pro, Guy is widely considered to be the greatest punter of all time.

American - Athlete | Born: December 22, 1949

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Writing is like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer. It always feels good when you finish.

Ray Guy

I always had this feeling when writing about all politics... that when it's so lopsided, that if a newspaper or news organization has any weight whatsoever, it should automatically go to the other side.

Ray Guy

The old attitude toward newspapers was that they were completely disposable - today's newspaper is tomorrow's fish wrap.

Ray Guy

I still get a few dirty looks over the racks in the supermarket, but nobody kicks me in the shins on Water Street. I've made sort of a point, apart from being a social dud, not to fraternize with the people I write about.

Ray Guy

Newfoundlanders, what are we? We're slobbering idiots, slack-jawed simpletons, rustic fish billies living in Dogpatch-on-the-rocks, lower than lower Slobovians, the laughing stock and 'white trash' of Canada.

Ray Guy

This satire business, that was one of the worst things that ever happened to me. I was certified funny. From then on, I had to be funny - people expected it. Twice the work for the same pay.

Ray Guy

I've written just about everything for the sake of putting shoes on the children's feet - and a bottle of gin in the cupboard.

Ray Guy

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Ray Guy

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