American Football Quotes - Page 8

• I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Football, Stupid, Nfl

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• The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Football, Inspirational Sports, Determination

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• You learn a lot more from the lows because it makes you pay attention to what you're doing.

  John Elway

  Focus, Attention, Pay

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• I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Sports, Football, Names

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• My father was an all-American football player.

  Edwin Moses

  Football, Father, Player

  Interview with Paul Schienberg, psychedonline.com. July 1, 2002.

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• We did it together. Not one individual carried this team.

  Troy Vincent

  Teamwork, Together, Individual

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• My desire to exit the game is greater than my desire to remain in it. I have searched my heart through and through and feel comfortable with this decision.

  Barry Sanders

  Heart, Games, Decision

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• Discipline and diligence are up there on the list, but one of the most important qualities of many really successful people is humility. If you have a degree of humility about you, you have the ability to take advice, to be coachable, teachable. A humble person never stops learning.

  Todd Blackledge

  Success, Humility, Humble

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• Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it.

  Amos Alonzo Stagg

  Success, Winning, Worthwhile

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• We have our own reasons for what's motivating us right now.

  Troy Vincent

  Football, Reason, Right Now

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• Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.

  Mike Singletary

  Success, Team, Practice

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• Because too many times in life there's just one person that I met, just one thing that I heard, one movie that I saw, one song that was sung, that changed my life. So I'm always trying to stay awake to be in the moment, and capture the moments when they come, because they come and go all the time.

  Mike Singletary

  Song, Always Trying, Saws

  "San Francisco coach Mike Singletary gets serious after the pants saga" by Paolo Bandini, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2010.

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• My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.

  Don Shula

  Sports, Volleyball, Team

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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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• You learn you can do your best even when its hard, even when you're tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.

  Joe Namath

  Inspirational, Sports, Volleyball

  Joe Namath (1987). “Football for Young Players and Parents”, Fireside

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• Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational Sports, Attitude, Exercise

  Lou Holtz (2009). “Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Some guys need to see things on a grease board, ... I like when you can see it in your mind. And that's what Marvin does, too. He visualizes. He sees things in his mind so well.

  Peyton Manning

  Motivational, Sports, Nfl

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• When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

  George Raveling

  Basketball, Football, Running

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• After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Cheer, Dedication

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.261, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

  Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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• We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now.

  Bruce Coslet

  Soccer, Football, Running

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• Being gifted intellectually is only a small part of the equation of success. Concentrate on the factors you have control over: persistence, self-discipline, confidence. Far more failures are due to lack of will than lack of ability.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Softball, Sports, Motivation

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• If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll be so weak. Let's stay loose. Let's have fun.

  Lou Holtz

  Football, Fun, Glasses

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• Consistency is one of the hallmarks of my career. You knew what you were going to get out of E-Smith every game, every year, no matter if I was 22, 21 or 35 years old.

  Emmitt Smith

  Years, Games, Careers

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• Baseball and American football and hockey are all ahead because they have a history. The MLS is kind of new. So hopefully, in time, and with players coming and trying to develop the game, and the U.S. team also doing well - at the last World Cup, they finished above England and created some buzz.

  Thierry Henry

  Baseball, Football, Team

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