Nfl Quotes - Page 25

• The big play comes with the pass.

  Sid Gillman

  Play, Bigs

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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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• I've always said it takes more courage to stand back there and throw a ball knowing you're fixing to get drilled than anything I can think of in football.

  Bobby Bowden

  Football, Thinking, Knowing

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• I learned a long time ago that you don't have to go around using bad language and trying to hurt people to show how macho you are. That stuff won't get you anywhere, it just shows lack of vocabulary and character.

  Bobby Bowden

  Hurt, Character, Vocabulary

  Bobby Bowden, Bill Smith (1994). “More than just a game”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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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• He has to be a great teacher. You have to have the right stuff and in the right proportions, and you have to convey that to the coaches, and then to the players.

  Pete Carroll

  Teacher, Player, Stuff

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

  Tom Osborne

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• As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

  Tom Osborne

  Educational, Player, College

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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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• What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.

  Joe Paterno

  Teacher, Educator, Cases

  Speech to high school coaches, Hershey, Pennsylvania, www.today.com. February 5, 1993.

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• I've been in football all my life, gentlemen, and I don't know whether I'm particularly qualified to be a part of anything else, except I consider it a great game, a game of many assets, by the way, and I think a symbol of what this country's best attributes are: courage and stamina and a coordinated efficiency or teamwork.

  Vince Lombardi

  Teamwork, Football, Country

  Vince Lombardi (2001). “What It Takes To Be Number #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.15, McGraw Hill Professional

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• If we can string together some wins this year, maybe I'll be a close second-or third behind Bart Starr-on their favorite quarterback list.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Winning, Years, Together

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• I think the Canadian Football League is a great league, but it's not the NFL, and I'm not Jerry Rice.

  Darren Flutie

  Football, Thinking, League

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• You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.

  Tony Dorsett

  Football, Player, Trying

  "Dallas Cowboys Legend Tony Dorsett". Interview with Jason Henry, bleacherreport.com. January 17, 2011.

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• I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.

  Don Shula

  Sports, Nice, Funeral

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• In the NFL game today, there are a lot of better athletes than I am, and quarterbacks these days are faster than the quarterbacks have always been, they're running like crazy. But I kind of stick to my roots of the disciplined quarterback. You know, I'm doing the same routine every week, studying tapes and working hard, getting ready to play and making good decisions on Sundays.

  Peyton Manning

  Running, Crazy, Athlete

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• There's a very fine line between winning and losing. Every team in the NFL has talent,but attitude is the biggest thing that counts - that, and playing together as a team. If you can capture that feeling, then you'll have success.

  Ray Bentley

  Attitude, Team, Winning

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