Nfl Football Quotes

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

Erma Bombeck

Soccer, Sports, Football

Erma Bombeck (2013). “If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?”, p.151, Open Road Media

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The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

John Madden

Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Lou Holtz

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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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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Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

"Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

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When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

Dick Butkus

Sports, Football, Hurt

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Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

Frank Gifford

Sports, Football, Nfl

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I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

Jerry Rice

Motivational, Sports, Football

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I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.

Jack Tatum

Motivational, Soccer, Football

Jack Tatum, Bill Kushner (1980). “They Call Me Assassin”, Avon Books

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The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

Vince Lombardi

Motivational, Sports, Football

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You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four.

Dan Birdwell

Motivational, Soccer, Football

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Most football players are temperamental. That's 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.

Doug Plank

Sports, Football, Player

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We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now.

Bruce Coslet

Soccer, Football, Running

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Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

Joe Theismann

Funny, Sports, Football

"Conrad Smith sees USA challenge in all black and white: it's about the win" by Alexander Bisley, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2014.

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If you're mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It's about the same.

Bob Golic

Football, Kids, Play

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Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl.

Bill Peterson

Stupid, Men, Thinking

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Terry Bradshaw couldn’t spell ‘cat’ if you spotted him the ‘C’ and the ‘A’.

Thomas Henderson

Cat, Nfl Players, Funny Football

Thomas Henderson (1988). “Out of Control”, Pocket

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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother.

Bo Jackson

Motivational, Soccer, Football

Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.

George Steinbrenner

Football, Mean, Winning

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Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States.

Lee Corso

Football, Winning, College

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