Inspiring Football Quotes - Page 4

• You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.

  Don Shula

  Travel, Distance, Years

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• We believed it was not our formations that made us good, but rather how we played.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.171, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Nfl, People

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• I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)

  Bum Phillips

  Football, College, Games

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• Expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Nfl, Rejection

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• What it takes to win is simple, it's not easy.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Winning, Simple

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• He got up looking out of his earhole!

  John Madden

  Football, Nfl

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• Boom, boom, foom, poom! He just ran right at 'em!

  John Madden

  Funny, Football, Nfl

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• Great football coaches have the vision to see, the faith to believe, the courage to do - and 25 great players.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Believe, Player

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• Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Fence Post, Nfl

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• You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those great moments. Thank you.

  Don Shula

  Football, Nfl, Thanks

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• When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.

  Don Shula

  Football, Nfl, Not Good Enough

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• Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong.

  Chuck Noll

  Football, Character, Nfl

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• A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Nfl, Bats

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• The harder we played, the behinder we got.

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Nfl, Harder

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• Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too. (When asked if he noticed how slowly Earl Campbell got up after each play.)

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Play, Ifs

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• I can't tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way. If there's anything the Steelers of the '70s epitomized, I think it was that teamwork.

  Chuck Noll

  Teamwork, Football, Thinking

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• Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Player, Nfl

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• There will be many failures sprinkled among the successes you enjoy.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Nfl, Enjoy

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• Watch the film, not the stopwatch.

  Chuck Noll

  Football, Nfl, Watches

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• Security comes from earning it-not seeking it.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Earning It, Nfl

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• I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record - everything stinks - and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.

  John Madden

  Football, Fall, Winning

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• If you have everything prepared, the rest will take care of itself.

  Marv Levy

  Football, Nfl, Care

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• Some coaches spend their time trying to get an overview of all eleven defenders. I prefer to zero in on one guy at a time to get the right clue.

  Sid Gillman

  Football, Zero, Nfl

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• There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Nfl, Two

  "So Far, Ryan’s Legacy Lives in Words, Not Deeds" By William C. Rhoden, www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2011.

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