Texas Football Quotes

• When you win, nothing hurts.

  Joe Namath

  Softball, Sports, Baseball

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• Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest.

  Tom Landry

  Football, Texas, Priests

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• At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.

  Erk Russell

  Football, College, Southern

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• You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life.

  Paul Dietzel

  Football, Character, College

  Twitter post from Sep 05, 2014

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• The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Basketball, Teamwork

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• There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

  Woody Hayes

  Football, Motivational Sports, Adversity

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• A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

  Vince Lombardi

  Football, Motivational Sports, School

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• Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

  Darrell Royal

  Leadership, Sports, Football

  "Ex-Texas coach Royal dies at age 88", www.sfgate.com. November 7, 2012.

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• Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Real, Player

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• Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.

  Ralph Jordan

  Football, Motivational Sports, College

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• Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.

  Duffy Daugherty

  Sports, Football, Nfl Players

  Quoted in L.A. Times, 5 Oct. 1963

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• It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.

  Knute Rockne

  Football, College, Nfl

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• The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.

  Knute Rockne

  Leadership, Football, College

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  I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.

  Knute Rockne

  Football, Prayer, Player

  "Text of Bush's Notre Dame speech". edition.cnn.com. May 20, 2001.

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• Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.

  Darrell Royal

  Football, College, Two

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• Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon.

  Spike Dykes

  Football, College, Afternoon

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• It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Math, 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 you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!"

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Believe, College

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• No, but you can see it from here.

  Lou Holtz

  Football, College, Football Coach

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• Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.

  Knute Rockne

  Inspirational, Football, Losing

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• You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish

  Darrell Royal

  Fall, Thinking, Lakes

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• Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.

  Tammy Faye Bakker

  One Day At A Time, Tammy, One Day

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• I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good.'

  Walt Garrison

  Football, Texas, Looks

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