Nfl Quotes - Page 22

• That's why you bring in a veteran player. You never know when a player goes down, a guy's got to step up and play.

  Mike Shanahan

  Player, Guy, Steps

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• I said all along, you judge your quarterback in his third year.

  Mike Shanahan

  Years, Judging, Said

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• Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.

  Bill Walsh

  Strong, Leader, Individual

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.128, Penguin

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• Calculated risks are part of what you do, but the idea that something completely crazy will work just because it's completely crazy is completely crazy.

  Bill Walsh

  Crazy, Ideas, Risk

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.239, Penguin

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• One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent.

  Bill Walsh

  Athlete, Winning, Order

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.256, Penguin

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• Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.

  Bill Walsh

  Flying, Pants, Seats

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.79, Penguin

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• Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.

  Bill Walsh

  Knowing, Doe, Firsts

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.31, Penguin

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• Afford each person the same respect, support, and fair treatment you would expect if your roles were reversed. Deal with people individually, not as objects who are part of a herd-that's the critical factor.

  Bill Walsh

  People, Support, Roles

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.229, Penguin

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• That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Winning, Games

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• Do what you do and be who you are.

  Nick Saban

  Be Who You Are, Who You Are

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• Discipline to me is sacrifice; it's willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.

  Bobby Bowden

  Giving Up, Sacrifice, Discipline

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• Somehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.

  Bobby Bowden

  Young, Has Beens

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• I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.

  Bobby Bowden

  Victory, Moral, Forgotten

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• I've always said it takes more courage to stand back there and throw a ball knowing you're fixing to get drilled than anything I can think of in football.

  Bobby Bowden

  Football, Thinking, Knowing

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• I learned a long time ago that you don't have to go around using bad language and trying to hurt people to show how macho you are. That stuff won't get you anywhere, it just shows lack of vocabulary and character.

  Bobby Bowden

  Hurt, Character, Vocabulary

  Bobby Bowden, Bill Smith (1994). “More than just a game”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• He died right after he retired, and seeing that made me feel more conscious of a man needing a motive to live. If I ever got out of coaching, I would have to get a job somewhere, or I'm afraid I'd wilt on the vine, too.

  Bobby Bowden

  Jobs, Men, Coaching

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• There's only about 6 inches that turns that halo into a noose.

  Bobby Bowden

  Halos, Inches, Turns

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• Something has to happen that you can't coach.

  Bobby Bowden

  Coaches, Happens

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• I can't ask the offense to score slower.

  Pete Carroll

  Score, Offense, Asks

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• He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.

  Pete Carroll

  Teacher, Player, Stuff

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• You've got to be tough to win.

  Frank Leahy

  Winning, Tough

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• Everybody's got to do what they've got to do.

  Tom Osborne

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• As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

  Tom Osborne

  Educational, Player, College

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• Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame.

  Ara Parseghian

  Games, Dames, You Like It

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• When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong.

  Joe Paterno

  Football, Kids, Class

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