Nfl Quotes - Page 9

• To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.

  Ron Jaworski

  Football, Player, Thinking

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• I think the officials and NFL owners are playing to the type of game that people want to see.

  Jim Otto

  Football, Thinking, Games

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• Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

  Joe Theismann

  Funny, Sports, Football

  "Conrad Smith sees USA challenge in all black and white: it's about the win" by Alexander Bisley, www.theguardian.com. October 30, 2014.

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• 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.

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• Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

  George Will

  Football, Inspiration, Two

  International Herald Tribune, May 07, 1990.

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• Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL.

  Michael Wilbon

  Football, Player, Coaching

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• As I learn more and more about the six-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it's obvious to me that NFL owners understood that they were going to get a new deal done at all costs.

  Ron Jaworski

  Football, Agreement, Years

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• The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders.

  Jim Otto

  Football, Block, Hands

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• And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing about one of the owners, that would really be a problem on the NFL's site.

  Gregg Easterbrook

  Football, Writing, Problem

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• I'm just here so I won't get fined.

  Marshawn Lynch

  Super Bowl

  "Marshawn Lynch applies to trademark 'I'm just here so I won't get fined'". www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2015.

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• The NFL, like life, is full of idiots.

  Randy Cross

  Sports, Football, Idiot

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• The NFL, and I've played a lot of years for them, and they have a lot of restrictions on their players, they have restrictions on their licensees, they have restrictions on everything.

  Lawrence Taylor

  Player, Years, Restriction

  "Lawrence Taylor: Getting Blitzed" By Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. May 31, 2005.

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• Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all.

  Steve Spurrier

  Football, Fun, Years

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• I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal

  John Elway

  Football, Animal, Different

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• On the football field I keep my emotions tied up inside. But when I'm with family, I let them out.

  Kurt Warner

  Football, Fields, Emotion

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  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

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• 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.

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• I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Football, Stupid, Dumb

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• Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Football, Motivational Sports

  Vince Lombardi (2002). “The Essential Vince Lombardi: Words & Wisdom to Motivate, Inspire, and Win”, p.2, McGraw Hill Professional

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• My job is to protect the integrity of the NFL and to make sure the game is as safe as possible.

  Roger Goodell

  Football, Jobs, Integrity

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• I keep my eyes wide open. Because trouble is out there.

  LaDainian Tomlinson

  Eye, Trouble, Wide

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• I always enjoy animal acts.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Animal, Enjoy

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• Separation comes from preparation.

  Russell Wilson

  Preparation, Separation

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• Every game's a championship game. When we focus that way, get prepared that way-that this is it, you know, this is the last one, the biggest one-you get ready, you get amped up, you get that laser focus and you're ready to play.

  Russell Wilson

  Games, Play, Focus

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