American Football Quotes

• If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

  Vince Lombardi

  Softball, Sports, Athlete

  "The Winner-Takes-All Society" by Chris Wallace, www.guernicamag.com. March 25, 2014.

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• Our strength is that we don't have any weaknesses. Our weakness is that we don't have any real strengths.

  Frank Broyles

  Strength, Real, Stupid

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  Every time I step on the field, I'm going to give my whole heart regardless of the score.

  Tim Tebow

  Heart, Giving, Effort

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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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• Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Promise, Obligation

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• The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

  Steve Young

  Motivational, Change, Sports

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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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• Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark and the experts built the Titanic

  Peyton Manning

  Believe In Yourself, Criticism, Experience

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• Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated

  Emmitt Smith

  Sports, Winning, Competition

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• If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.

  Dick Vermeil

  Inspirational, Sports, Hurt

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• If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

  Herschel Walker

  Motivational, Sports, Football

  Herschel Walker (1989). “Herschel Walker's Basic Training”, Main Street Books

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• I'm excited about the opportunity to get out there and show not only what I can do but, more importantly, what this team can do with me in there.

  Philip Rivers

  Sports, Team, Opportunity

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• Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.

  Jim McMahon

  Motivational, Failure, Risk

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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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• 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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• The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

  Don Shula

  Wrestling, Men, Inferiority

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• I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football, and I have 20/20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee.

  Jay Leno

  Basketball, Sports, Football

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• Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

  Marv Levy

  Sports, Football, Encouragement

  Joeseph Valerio, Marv Levy (2014). “Second to None: The Relentless Drive and the Impossible Dream of the Super Bowl Bills”, p.15, Triumph Books

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• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.

  Woody Hayes

  Football, Jail, Funny Sports

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  Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• There's no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one's character.

  Walter Camp

  Work, Character, Effort

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• Football is easy if you're crazy as hell.

  Bo Jackson

  Sports, Football, Crazy

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

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• Power isn’t just about going forward. It’s about not letting anything hold you back.

  Patrick Willis

  Moving Forward, Power, Ability

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