Inspiring Football Quotes - Page 2

• God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.144, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Winning

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.131, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.

  Don Shula

  Travel, Distance, Years

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• We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, College

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• At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Journey

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.259, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I said all along that God is in control.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Nfl, God Is In Control

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• There's a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Nfl

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.180, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Player

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• When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?

  Tony Dungy

  Sorry, Nfl, Complaining

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• What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

  Tony Dungy

  Motivational, Leadership, Football

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.34, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Believe

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• If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.

  Tom Landry

  Motivational, Sports, Jobs

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• I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Jobs

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• God allows us to feel pain for a reason: to protect us.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Pain

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• When your arm gets hit, the ball is not going to go where you want it to.

  John Madden

  Funny, Nfl, Balls

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• The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

  Chuck Noll

  Winning, Thrill

  "Chuck Noll, Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers coach, dies at 82", www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2014.

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• I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

  Bill Parcells

  Thinking, Air, Nfl

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• I'm not really in the excuse business.

  Bill Parcells

  Nfl, Excuse

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• Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Pain

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.182, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

  Bill Parcells

  Nfl, Trying, Results

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• Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

  Bill Parcells

  Player, Nfl, Coaching

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• If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

  Bill Parcells

  Thinking, Nfl, Passing

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• How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

  Bum Phillips

  Winning, Player, Average

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

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• You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.

  Bum Phillips

  Nfl, Splinters, Ladders

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

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• We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God's eyes. As much fun as it was to be winning, we tried not to get caught up in it. We knew that our family life and our faith walk were more important.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Fun

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.143, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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