Famous Coach Quotes

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  Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.

  Joe Paterno

  Sports, Loyalty, Running

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• Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her.

  Mia Hamm

  Girl, Sports, Volleyball

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• Leaders are not born, they're made.

  Vince Lombardi

  Leadership, Discipline, Effort

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• A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

  Al McGuire

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

  Dean Smith

  Inspirational, Funny, Basketball

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  You know what FSU stands for, don't you? Free Shoes University.

  Steve Spurrier

  Talking, Shoes, Trash Talk

  Steve Spurrier, Buddy Martin (2016). “Head Ball Coach”, p.274, Penguin

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• People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.

  George Allen

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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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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• Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

  John Heisman

  Soccer, Sports, Football

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• You can't spell Citrus without UT

  Steve Spurrier

  Talking, Great Football, Trash Talk

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  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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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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• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Football

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• Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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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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  Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.112, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Volleyball

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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  The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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• Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Volleyball, Business, Inspirational Life

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.25, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

  Ronnie Lott

  Graduation, Sports, Football

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• Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  President Robert Robbins' Installation Speech, president.arizona.edu. November 29, 2017.

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