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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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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On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

Lou Holtz

Teamwork, Jobs, Nfl

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

Knute Rockne

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

Paul Brown

Motivational, Sports, Football

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The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.

Knute Rockne

Motivational, Teamwork, Play

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The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

John Madden

Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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

Vince Lombardi

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

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Sports, Football

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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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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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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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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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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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Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

Jerry Rice

Motivational, Success, Sports

"Getting Earnest With Movement". Noisey Interveiw, noisey.vice.com.

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

Ronnie Lott

Graduation, Sports, Football

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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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