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My favorite Millen Quotes over the years!
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"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf."
What Millen said when asked if Grass or Astroturf was better.
"I told [GM] Matt Millen to go out and get me a big name Quarterback. Matt said, 'Joey Harrington got 14 letters. Is that a big enough name for you ?'" William Clay Ford owner on Matt getting Joey.
"Raise the urinals?"
What Matt said when asked how management could keep the players on their toes
"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."
What Matt said when asked about the direction the team was heading.
"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
What Matt said when a waitress asked him how he wanted his pizza cut.
"I made a wrong mistake."
What Matt said after he fired Marty.
"They shouldn't fire me. I'm the father of five or six kids."
What Matt answered when asked if he should be fired.
"I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife."
What Matt answered when Ford asked him what vehicle the Fords should give him.
"Me and Marty and Mooch are two of a kind."
What Matt said about on his relationship with Marty and Mooch.
"Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean." What Matt told reporters in
respone to what he said to Morton.
"Sure. I'm proud to be an American."
What Matt said when asked by a Canadian customs agent if he had anything to declare.
"That picture was taken out of context." - Matt griping about a bad newspaper photo.
"A lot of good ballgames on tomorrow, but we're going to be right here with the Bears and the Cards." What Matt said about the SD game.
"I'm the football god around here and don't you remember it."
What Matt Said to Morton when he was fired him.
"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl." What Matt said to the team when he was first hired as GM.
"We're not attempting to circumcise the rules." What Matt said after he hired Mooch
Some more great Millen quotes .......
"You guys line up alphabetically by height."
"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle."
"Some guys are inwardly outgoing."
"All of the Lions' Home wins against the Bears this year have been at Ford Field."
"I don't think there's anybody in this organization not focused on the 49ers... I mean Chargers."
"I'm not allowed to comment on lousy officiating."
"I want our team to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."
"I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that."