Inspirational Football Coach Quotes

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

Lou Holtz

Sports, Football, Volleyball

Twitter post from Aug 24, 2011

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Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

Bear Bryant

Inspirational, Sports, Football

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

Vince Lombardi

Sarcastic, Sports, Football

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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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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

Vince Lombardi

Motivational, Leadership, Sports

Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.38, McGraw Hill Professional

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The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

John Madden

Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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You play to win the game.

Herman Edwards

Sports, Winning, Nfl Players

News conference, Hempstead, N.Y., 30 Oct. 2002.

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The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

Joe Paterno

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four.

Dan Birdwell

Motivational, Soccer, Football

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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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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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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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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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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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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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How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Soccer, Sports

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Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Sports, Football

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Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

Bo Jackson

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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

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Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Tom Landry

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Vince Lombardi

Teamwork, Football, Commitment

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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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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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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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