Nfl Quotes - Page 33

• I pray not for victory, but to do my best.

  Amos Alonzo Stagg

  Sports, Victory, Praying

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• Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.

  Earl Campbell

  Sports, Competition, Records

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• Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

  Frank Leahy

  Pain, Stupidity, Ego

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

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• The only way to stop Jim Brown was to give him a movie contract.

  Carl "Spider" Lockhart

  Funny, Sports, Giving

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• I've always tried to coach people the way I would like to be coached; positively and encouragingly rather than with criticism and fear ... I've tried to be as fair as possible.

  Tony Dungy

  Basketball, Football, People

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• The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.

  Erma Bombeck

  Football, Funny Inspirational, College

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• There are two things every man in America thinks he can do: work a grill and coach football.

  Greg Schiano

  Football, College, Men

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• Don't cuss. Don't argue with the officials. And don't lose the game.

  John Heisman

  Football, College, Games

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• If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out. And it wouldn't be the monkey.

  Lyle Alzado

  Football, Kings, College

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• Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.

  Bobby Bowden

  Football, Son, College

  Bobby Bowden, Steve Bowden (2001). “The Bowden Way: 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom”, p.121, Taylor Trade Publications

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• If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.

  Murray Warmath

  Football, Team, College

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• I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation.

  Bob Devaney

  Football, Winning, College

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• Dance with the one who brung ya.

  Darrell Royal

  Football, College

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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• He's as quick as a hiccup.

  Darrell Royal

  Football, College, Hiccups

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• We're as average as everyday's wash.

  Darrell Royal

  Football, College, Average

  Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

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• On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.

  Darrell Royal

  Football, College, Pigs

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• Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died.

  Frank Leahy

  Football, College, Practice

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• Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game.

  George Halas

  Practice, Games, Practise

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• When you step onto that field, you cannot concede a thing.

  Gale Sayers

  Sports, Fields, Steps

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• When it's third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I'll take the whiskey drinkers every time.

  Max McGee

  Sports, Football, Milk

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• Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by

  Lou Holtz

  Volleyball, Action, Spectators

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• There's no substitute for guts.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, 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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• We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, College

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• At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Journey

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.259, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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