Nfl Football Quotes

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.

Erma Bombeck

Soccer, Sports, Football

Erma Bombeck (2013). “If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?”, p.151, Open Road Media

85 Copy quote

Show source
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Vince Lombardi

Sports, Respect, Football

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

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Funny, Life

200 Copy quote
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

128 Copy quote

Show source
Winners never quit and quitters never win.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

116 Copy quote
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

134 Copy quote

Show source
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

"Donald Trump’s Concession Speech" by Noam Bramson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 02, 2016.

74 Copy quote

Show source
The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

John Madden

Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

69 Copy quote
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

494 Copy quote
When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

Dick Butkus

Sports, Football, Hurt

77 Copy quote
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

95 Copy quote

Show source
Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

Frank Gifford

Sports, Football, Nfl

48 Copy quote
In Montana, they renamed a town after an all-time great, Joe Montana. Well, a town in Massachusetts changed their name to honor my guy Terry Bradshaw--Marblehead.

Howie Long

Football, Names, Nfl

12 Copy quote
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

50 Copy quote
When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

George Raveling

Basketball, Football, Running

10 Copy quote
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Brian Tracy

Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

108 Copy quote

Show source
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

67 Copy quote

Show source
Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States.

Lee Corso

Football, Winning, College

7 Copy quote
Let's face it, you have to have a slightly recessive gene that has a little something to do with the brain to go out on the football field and beat your head against other human beings on a daily basis.

Tim Green

Football, Nfl, Brain

9 Copy quote
American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party.

Sue Lawley

Football, Party, Nfl

45 Copy quote
When it comes to football, God is prejudiced - toward big, fast kids.

Chuck Mills

Football, Kids, Nfl

6 Copy quote
At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all about, the will to win closely linked with contact.

George Plimpton

Sports, Football, Winning

George Plimpton (2016). “Paper Lion: Confessions of a last-string quarterback”, p.235, Random House

8 Copy quote

Show source
My knees look like they lost a knife fight with a midget.

E. J. Holub

Football, Fighting, Knives

43 Copy quote
The Refrigerator" Perry: "I've been big ever since I was little.

Prince William

Football, Nfl, Littles

8 Copy quote
Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.

George Steinbrenner

Football, Mean, Winning

12 Copy quote