The car business is a lot like football. In football, you have to win once a week. In the car business, you have to win every day.

Dempsey's kick shattered the old mark of 56 yards set in 1953 by Colts' kicker Bert Rechichar and his record still has not been broken. Dempsey has since retired from football and currently resides with his wife Carlene who teaches history at Kehoe-France a private school in Metairie Louisiana. "
In 1983 Dempsey was inducted into the American Football Association's Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame.

When reporters would ask him if he thought it was unfair he said "Unfair eh? How 'bout you try kickin' a 63 yard field goal to win it with 2 seconds left an' yer wearin' a square shoe oh yeah and no toes either". He wore a modified shoe with a flattened and enlarged toe surface.