Nfl Quotes - Page 17

• The only rules not meant to be broken are those of love and virtue.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Broken, Virtue

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• Memory is what you did. Life is what you're doing.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Memories, Life Is

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• All men are created equal. After that, it's up to you.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Men, Up To You

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• The only thing Native Americans ever did better than the rest of us is spirituality. Of course, that's everything, isn't it?

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Native American, Spirituality

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• A nation that spends billions to fix international problems will not have much left over for the victims of tornadoes in Oklahoma.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Oklahoma, Tornadoes

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• You are one of a kind, one in a billion, an incredible unique individual. The problem is, so is everybody else.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Unique, Kind

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

  Mike Shanahan

  Years, Judging, Said

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• Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.

  Bill Walsh

  Strong, Leader, Individual

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.128, Penguin

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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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• He died right after he retired, and seeing that made me feel more conscious of a man needing a motive to live. If I ever got out of coaching, I would have to get a job somewhere, or I'm afraid I'd wilt on the vine, too.

  Bobby Bowden

  Jobs, Men, Coaching

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• There's only about 6 inches that turns that halo into a noose.

  Bobby Bowden

  Halos, Inches, Turns

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• Something has to happen that you can't coach.

  Bobby Bowden

  Coaches, Happens

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• I can't ask the offense to score slower.

  Pete Carroll

  Score, Offense, Asks

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• You've got to be tough to win.

  Frank Leahy

  Winning, Tough

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• Everybody's got to do what they've got to do.

  Tom Osborne

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• Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame.

  Ara Parseghian

  Games, Dames, You Like It

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• When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong.

  Joe Paterno

  Football, Kids, Class

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• To me, the coaching profession is one of the noblest and most far-reaching in building manhood.

  Amos Alonzo Stagg

  Coaching, Building, Reaching

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• No man is too good to be the athletic coach for youth.

  Amos Alonzo Stagg

  Men, Athletic, Youth

  Amos Alonzo Stagg, Wesley Winans Stout (1927). “Touchdown!: As told by Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg to Wesley Winans Stout”

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