Great Football Quotes

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

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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  Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

  Knute Rockne

  Sports, Football, Strong

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• You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.

  Joe Paterno

  Sports, Football, Determination

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

  Knute Rockne

  Football, College, Nfl

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• Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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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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• If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.

  Bill Shankly

  Inspirational, Leadership, Football

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• Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.

  Murray Warmath

  Football, Team, College

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• Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers.

  John Steinbeck

  Football, Two, People

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• Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Simple

  "Steppe change: how Gareth Southgate became a management guru in Russia" by Stefan Stern, www.theguardian.com. June 28, 2018.

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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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• The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.

  Bill Shankly

  Soccer, Football, Games

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Football isn't a contact sport; it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Dance, Sports

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• There are two things every man in America thinks he can do: work a grill and coach football.

  Greg Schiano

  Football, College, Men

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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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• 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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• Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

  Don Francis

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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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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• 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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• 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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• That lad must have been born offside.

  Alex Ferguson

  Inspirational, Funny, Soccer

  Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years at Manchester United - in quotes" by Benji Inwood, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2011.

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