Nfl Quotes - Page 31

• Yeah, I want to be liked, obviously. Everybody does.

  Aaron Rodgers

  Doe, Want, Yeah

  "Milwaukee Talks: QB Aaron Rodgers, May 2008". Interview with Jason Wilde, onmilwaukee.com. May 23, 2008.

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• A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, People

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.229, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I can't very well preach unity and tell the guys we're all in this together and everyone's important, then cut a guy because we might improve by one percent if we bring in someone else.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Cutting

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.217, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• If we do what we do without panicking, we can accomplish great things.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Accomplish

  Tony Dungy (2011). “Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life”, p.238, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Opportunity

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• Keeping ridiculous hours doesn't mean you'll be successful.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Mean

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• First, there is no typical grief cycle, and second, it's not something I went through. I'm still grieving.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Football, Grief

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.263, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I love coaching football, and winning a Super Bowl was a goal I've had for a long time. But it has never been my purpose in life. My purpose in life is simply to glorify God. We have to be careful that we don't let the pursuit of our life's goals, no matter how important they seem, cause us to lose sight of our purpose. I coach football. But the good I can do to glorify God along the way is my real purpose.

  Tony Dungy

  Football, Real, Winning

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• I was able to look at football as something that God was allowing me to do, not something that should define me. I couldn't take my identity from this sport.

  Tony Dungy

  Leadership, Sports, Football

  Tony Dungy (2007). “Quiet Strength: A Memoir”, p.51, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this earth. It's not going be, "It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl." But, really and truly what you're going to leave this earth is the influence on others.

  Joe Gibbs

  Football, Winning, Earth

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• You don't like to see your guys take the field without you because it makes you feel like, man, maybe they really don't need me out there, which is kind of humbling.

  Tom Brady

  Football, Men, Guy

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• I don't think there's a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don't think anybody cares what you did the year before.

  Tom Brady

  Football, Thinking, Years

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• With football, you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two-game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.

  Tom Brady

  Sports, Football, Games

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm much more comfortable and confident running out on the field in front of 70,000 people instead of standing in front of a camera trying to say some lines.

  Tom Brady

  Football, Running, People

  The Sports Illustrated Interview, www.si.com. June 21, 2012.

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• When you hang with a bunch of 300-pound linemen, you tend to find the places that are the greasiest and serve the most food.

  Tom Brady

  Football, Pounds, Linemen

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• I don't care about my image. I'm already paid. I've already got my money, so why worry about my image?

  Randy Moss

  Football, Worry, Care

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• I'm one of the most competitive guys in the NFL. Believe me, nobody wants it more than me.

  Randy Moss

  Football, Believe, Guy

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• The only reason you get drafted or even looked at by the NFL is because they believe you can play at the next level ... if they believe I can do that, you know I believe I can do it.

  Robert Griffin III

  Football, Believe, Play

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• I still don't think it's sunk in that I won the Heisman. I'll be able to reflect back on the season, appreciate those types of things and realize that although I wanted to 'be like Mike' when I was growing up, now I get to go out and be in the NFL.

  Robert Griffin III

  Football, Growing Up, Thinking

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• Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word and one word only: Super Bowl.

  Bill Peterson

  Stupid, Men, Thinking

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• I scored a touchdown on the first reception I made in the NFL and spiked the ball. The instant I did, I felt horrible and couldn't wait for the game to end so I could call Coach Bryant and apologize. He said he didn't even notice, but I never spiked the ball again.

  Ozzie Newsome

  Games, Waiting, Firsts

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• Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I'm happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look - it's useable, functional muscle.

  Channing Tatum

  Workout, Athlete, Nba

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• I think the NFL is 10 years away from an implosion.

  Mark Cuban

  Thinking, Years

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• I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.

  Mark Cuban

  Football, Thinking, Impact

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• The last time I saw this many doctors was in 1982 at the NFL Combine. They flew me in, put me in a nice hotel and took great care of me. All you have to do is just pick up the phone and call P.A.S.T. and they will do the rest for you. I am very proud of the P.A.S.T. program.

  Rob Brown

  Nice, Doctors, Phones

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