People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.
I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. Y… - Art Donovan
I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. Y…
- Art Donovan
The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore. - Art Donovan
The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play football for the Colts anymore.
We didn't have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer. - Art Donovan
We didn't have steroids. If I wanted to get pumped up, I drank a case of beer.
The only weight I ever lifted weighed 24 ounces. It was a Schlitz. I always replaced my fluids. - Art Donovan
The only weight I ever lifted weighed 24 ounces. It was a Schlitz. I always replaced my fluids.
I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football? - Art Donovan
I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football?
The best way to die is sit under a tree, eat lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer, then blow up. - Art Donovan
The best way to die is sit under a tree, eat lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer, then blow up.
You know you're big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises. - Art Donovan
You know you're big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises.
I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they … - Art Donovan
I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they …
He runs like a camel. A really pissed off camel. - Art Donovan
He runs like a camel. A really pissed off camel.
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