John Elway Quotes

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• It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

  John Elway

  Football, Team, Player

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• I've experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows. I think to really appreciate anything you have to be at both ends of the spectrum.

  John Elway

  Sports, Thinking, Appreciate

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• When things go bad, it's easy to point fingers. People who attempt to switch the blame are afraid to fail. We've all been afraid to fail before a game, but it shouldn't stop us from continuing, and from doing what we have to do to get the job done.

  John Elway

  Basketball, Jobs, Games

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• If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside.

  John Elway

  Football, Winning, Fire

  John Elway (1997). “Comeback Kid”, Taylor Pub

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• In the long run, the cream always rises and the crap always sinks.

  John Elway

  Running, Nfl, Long

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• You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you're doing.

  John Elway

  Focus, Attention, Pay

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• I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

  John Elway

  Sports, Football, Believe

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• A lot of times the expectations of you are so high that no matter what you do you are never going to be able to live up to those expectations. So you better go out and do the best you can and enjoy it.

  John Elway

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way.

  John Elway

  Thinking, Fire, Done

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• I normally run the 40-yard dash in 4.9, but when a 280-pound guy is chasing me, I run it in 4.6.

  John Elway

  Running, Nfl, Guy

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• I look at my career and it's still hard for me to believe the way things turned out and how things happened. I've been so blessed.

  John Elway

  Believe, Blessed, Careers

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• You always want to have good balance. Thats the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.

  John Elway

  Running, Team, Winning

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• I've always joked about Joe Montana not appreciating his Super Bowls nearly as much as I do because he never lost one. We lost three before we got one

  John Elway

  Sports, Lost Ones, Appreciate

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• There's always an asterisk behind somebody's name who hasn't won the Super Bowl. There shouldn't be, but that's kind of the way history works.

  John Elway

  Names, Way, Kind

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• As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.

  John Elway

  Sports, Football, Player

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• There are a lot of people who might not get another chance to win a Super Bowl, not just me.

  John Elway

  Winning, People, Another Chance

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• How ironic, to be my last game that I ever played would be against Dan in a Super Bowl. The thing I always was afraid of was playing in a Super Bowl when it was raining. I can't throw a wet ball.

  John Elway

  Sports, Rain, Games

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• I can't compare quarterbacks as apples and oranges in my mind because everybody's in a different system.

  John Elway

  Apples, Orange, Mind

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• Reaching 50, I've started to conjure up thoughts of my own mortality.

  John Elway

  Age, Mortality, Reaching

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• The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm seeing not only the football side but the business side

  John Elway

  Sports, Football, Running

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• A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

  John Elway

  Games, Guy, Would Be

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• I'm watching the Weather Channel more than I've ever watched it. I'm scared to death it's going to rain.

  John Elway

  Rain, Weather, Scared

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• We get done with the game, and it's an absolute downpour 30 minutes later. That's when I thought God was telling me that's enough-time for you to go do something else

  John Elway

  Sports, Games, Enough Time

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• I was so lucky to walk away with two Super Bowls and know that the last year was positive.

  John Elway

  Sports, Years, Two

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• There have been openings, but I have not interviewed for any jobs, nor do I want to right now.

  John Elway

  Sports, Jobs, Want

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