Inspiring Football Quotes

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  Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

  John Madden

  Soccer, Teamwork, Gratitude

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.

  Bill Shankly

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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• Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

  Pele

  Motivational, Success, Soccer

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

  Lewis Grizzard

  Motivational, Success, Football

  Lewis Grizzard (1990). “Gettin' it on: a down-home treasury”, BBS Publishing Corporation

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• Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational Sports, Attitude, Exercise

  Lou Holtz (2009). “Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sports, Respect, Football

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.

  George Halas

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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  Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.112, McGraw Hill Professional

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• For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

  Gary Neville

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

  Darrell Royal

  Leadership, Sports, Football

  "Ex-Texas coach Royal dies at age 88", www.sfgate.com. November 7, 2012.

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• I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.

  Roy Keane

  Soccer, Football, Children

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The person that said winning isn't everything, never won anything.

  Mia Hamm

  Motivational, Soccer, Football

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• Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.

  Mia Hamm

  Inspiring, Soccer, Football

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• Respect all. Fear none.

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Nfl, Fear None

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• In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

  Hayden Fry

  Sports, Football, Games

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• To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

  John Madden

  Football, Nfl, Discipline

  John Madden, Dave Anderson (1985). “Hey, wait a minute, I wrote a book”, Random House Inc

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• The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

  Don Shula

  Wrestling, Men, Inferiority

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• Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else.

  John Madden

  Football, Player, Nfl

  John Madden, Dave Anderson (1985). “Hey, wait a minute, I wrote a book”, Random House Inc

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• I can't very well preach unity and tell the guys we're all in this together and everyone's important, then cut a guy because we might improve by one percent if we bring in someone else.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Cutting

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.217, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

  Tony Dungy

  Motivational, Leadership, Football

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.34, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Pain

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.182, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• God allows us to feel pain for a reason: to protect us.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Pain

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