American Football Quotes - Page 4

• 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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• Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.

  Joe Namath

  Sports, Football, Team

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• One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

  Knute Rockne

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.

  Bart Starr

  Football, Hard Work, Effort

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• The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

  John Madden

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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• Professional football in America is a special game, a unique game ... It is a rare game. The men who play it make it so. All of them are fearless. All of them are strong, quick. And all of them are part of a story that began long ago. A story written by men who found, in the sport, a demanding measure for their own courage and ability.

  John Facenda

  Strength, Being Strong, Sports

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• Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there.

  Victor Cruz

  School, College, Climbing

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• Alabama fans love Alabama football. Auburn fans love Auburn.

  Pat Dye

  Sports, Football, College

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• But when I look back I can't call myself unlucky. My 23rd birthday was December 14. In these years I have had more than most people get in a lifetime.

  Ernie Davis

  Good Life, Happy Life, Years

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• Performing at my best is important to me and should be to everyone. I am blessed that my dad is a chiropractor. Getting adjusted regularly - along with practicing other good health habits that my mom helped me to establish - are all part of my goal to win in life and on the field.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Life, Family, Mom

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• The big time is not a place; it's the state of your heart. It's not something you get; it's something you become.

  Frosty Westering

  Success, Basketball, Heart

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• The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

  William Perry

  Sports, Bragging Rights, America

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• We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sarcastic, Sports, Football

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

  Jim McMahon

  Motivational, Failure, Risk

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• The strength of the group is the strength of the leaders.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (1998). “Seeing the Win: Why I Believe Vision Coaching is Vital to Winning Business Teams in the 21st Century”

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• If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Positive, Graduation

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.92, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.

  Barry Sanders

  Football, Nfl, Important

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• I'm a firm believer that all sports will eventually be global. Someday, we may have a quarterback from China named Yao Fling.

  Paul Tagliabue

  Funny, Sports, Football

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• Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

  Don Shula

  Funny, Sports, Football

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• If you're mad at your kid, you can either raise him to be a nose tackle or send him out to play on the freeway. It's about the same.

  Bob Golic

  Football, Kids, Play

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• Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.

  Jim Brown

  Motivational, Football, Hurt

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• I try to learn from every experience, good or bad.

  Tim Tebow

  Football, Trying

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• I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.

  Alex Karras

  Inspirational, Football, Teenager

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• As you get older, youre always maturing, youre always learning something new about yourself.

  Troy Vincent

  Learning Something New, Mature, About Yourself

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