Nfl Quotes - Page 17

• I remember my mistakes more than my success.

  Adrian Peterson

  Mistake, Remember, My Mistakes

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• I have the mentality that if you come in playing not to get hurt, that's when you're going to get hurt. So I play relentless.

  Adrian Peterson

  Hurt, Play, Relentless

  "Sporting News Conversation: Jim Brown interviews Adrian Peterson". Interview with Jim Brown, www.sportingnews.com. August 3, 2009.

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• Adversity makes me hungrier. I thrive on being able to make a way out of no way.

  Adrian Peterson

  Adversity, Able, Way

  "Run Like Adrian Peterson". Interview with Andrew Daniels, www.menshealth.com. November 14, 2011.

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• The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.

  Bobby Bowden

  Mistake, Practice

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• If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.

  Bobby Bowden

  Football, Army, Hair

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• It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play.

  Bart Starr

  Games, Play, Half

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• Desire and dedication are everything!

  Bart Starr

  Dedication, Desire

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• My dad never pushed me but the big thing is that he helped me by going out in the backyard and playing with me.

  Bart Starr

  Dad, Backyards, Going Out

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• Coach Lombardi showed me that by working hard and using my mind, I could overcome my weakness to the point where I could be one of the best.

  Bart Starr

  Mind, Weakness, Overcoming

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• I was told in high school that the last game during your senior year stays with you forever, which is true.

  Jim Otto

  Senior, School, Years

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• It's not that difficult to win. It's more difficult to win consistently and stay on top.

  Jim Otto

  Winning, Difficult, Consistently

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• We're looking at ideas to remodel Arrowhead Stadium. It's 30 years old and it's not a good American soccer stadium. We're looking at ways to improve Arrowhead-which is oriented for NFL games--for our spectators.

  Lamar Hunt

  Soccer, Nfl Games, Years

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• I fired the nurse the next day because she didn't check out the NFL schedule in advance - just kidding, ... I plan to be in Denver. I haven't missed a lot of games over the years. But there's a bunch I wish I had.

  Lamar Hunt

  Years, Games, Next Day

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• Every game in the NFL is important.

  Roger Goodell

  Games, Important

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• It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports.

  Roger Goodell

  Sports, League, Fundamentals

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• It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to build on that.

  Roger Goodell

  Football, Responsibility, Levels

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• In the NFL you get one first-round draft pick if you're lucky. You couldn't really outwork anybody else. In college I could recruit ten players with first-round talent every year.

  Nick Saban

  Sports, Player, College

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• If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Motivational, Sports, Mind

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• Things happen in NFL games. I don't try to dwell on it. I try to say, It happened. Let's move onto the next one.

  Devin Hester

  Moving, Nfl Games, Trying

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• I was always a big fan of waiting a year of two to groom an NFL quarterback; let him learn and mature.

  Terrell Davis

  Football, Years, Two

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• You prepare. You study. You've got to be ready for anything.

  Philip Rivers

  Study, Ready

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• The culture precedes positive results. It doesn't get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they're champions: they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners.

  Bill Walsh

  Winning, Champion, Victory

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.48, Penguin

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• Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.

  Bill Walsh

  Process, Results, Produce

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.200, Penguin

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• If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job.

  Bill Walsh

  Jobs, Hate, Player

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• Everybody's got an opinion. Leaders are paid to make a decision. The difference between offering an opinion and making a decision is the difference between working for the leader and being the leader.

  Bill Walsh

  Offering, Opinion Leaders, Differences

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.101, Penguin

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