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War & Peace Quote by John Madden

"I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums"

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Madden is doing something deceptively hard here: turning nostalgia into credibility without sounding like he’s auditioning for sainthood. The line reads almost comically plain - “Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums” - but that bluntness is the point. Madden’s whole public persona was built on refusing the sleek, corporate language that took over modern sports. He speaks like a guy still smelling the grass and the bratwurst, not a brand manager selling “legacy experiences.”

The specific intent isn’t to rank venues. It’s to locate football in physical spaces that feel bigger than the week-to-week churn of the schedule. Lambeau and Soldier Field aren’t just stadiums; they’re shorthand for weather, tradition, and fan bases that treat Sundays like civic duty. By naming them, Madden signals allegiance to an older NFL ideal: cold-air grit, messy history, teams as local religion rather than content.

The subtext is also a quiet defense of authenticity. Madden came to define football for millions as a broadcaster, but he never wanted to sound like an outsider narrating the sport from a studio. “I get a certain feeling” is emotional, even tender, yet he won’t dress it up. He underplays the sentiment, then lands on that almost funny tag - “The stadiums” - as if to keep himself honest. In an era when the league increasingly chased domes, luxury boxes, and neutral-site spectacle, Madden’s loyalty to these places reads like a preference for football that still belongs to the people packed into the cold.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Madden, John. (2026, January 15). I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-a-certain-feeling-when-i-go-to-lambeau-173576/

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Madden, John. "I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-a-certain-feeling-when-i-go-to-lambeau-173576/.

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"I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-get-a-certain-feeling-when-i-go-to-lambeau-173576/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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John Madden (April 10, 1936 - December 28, 2021) was a Coach from USA.

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