Nfl Quotes - Page 15

• I'll just say this. There was no way we were going to lose at home on this day in this in this city for all those people.

  Tom Coughlin

  Home, Cities, People

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• He who gets the best players usually wins.

  Bobby Bowden

  Sports, Winning, Player

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• A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better.

  Bobby Bowden

  Sports, Courses, Has Beens

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• One thing that I don't think my critics realize about me is that I've been trained to look adversity in the face.

  Reggie White

  Adversity, Thinking, Looks

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• Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.

  Bum Phillips

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• He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll.

  Bum Phillips

  Class, Long, May

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• Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.

  Bum Phillips

  Noon

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• That's why you bring in a veteran player. You never know when a player goes down, a guy's got to step up and play.

  Mike Shanahan

  Player, Guy, Steps

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• I said all along, you judge your quarterback in his third year.

  Mike Shanahan

  Years, Judging, Said

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• One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent.

  Bill Walsh

  Athlete, Winning, Order

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.256, Penguin

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• Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.

  Bill Walsh

  Flying, Pants, Seats

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.79, Penguin

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• Afford each person the same respect, support, and fair treatment you would expect if your roles were reversed. Deal with people individually, not as objects who are part of a herd-that's the critical factor.

  Bill Walsh

  People, Support, Roles

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.229, Penguin

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• That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

  Bear Bryant

  Football, Winning, Games

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• Discipline to me is sacrifice; it's willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself.

  Bobby Bowden

  Giving Up, Sacrifice, Discipline

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• Somehow, I went from being too young, to being too old. Somewhere in there I must have been just right.

  Bobby Bowden

  Young, Has Beens

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• I am not happy with moral victories. Those things are forgotten.

  Bobby Bowden

  Victory, Moral, Forgotten

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• I have never forgiven myself…that I might have made a mistake.

  Al Davis

  Mistake, Might, Made

  "Davis and Shell say it's time to get tough" by Ira Miller, www.sfgate.com. February 12, 2006.

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• If I drop dead tomorrow, at least I’ll know I died in good health.

  Bum Phillips

  Tomorrow, Good Health, Funny American Football

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• I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.

  Russell Wilson

  Believe, Mean, Giving

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  I have yet to be in a game where luck was involved. Well-prepared players make plays. I have yet to be in a game where the most prepared team didn't win.

  Urban Meyer

  Team, Winning, Player

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• Not only does he have the NFC East record for touchdowns, but also the team record.

  Emmitt Smith

  Funny, Football, Team

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• Tell Ray to put the eyeliner, the lipstick and the high heels away. I'm not saying he's a cross-dresser, that's just what I heard.

  Shannon Sharpe

  Funny, Football, High Heels

  "Buchanan, Sharpe's War Of Words". www.cbsnews.com. January 28, 1999.

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• Detroit's so bad this year they might lose their bye week.

  Dennis Miller

  Football, Years, Bye

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• To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too.

  Matt Millen

  Mom, Running, Kids

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• What I do is prepare myself until I know I can do what I have to do.

  Joe Namath

  Motivational, Preparation, Can Do

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