Huddle Up with 50 American Football Quotes

July 31, 2025

1. Quotes on Teamwork & Unity

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan
“Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work.” – Vince Lombardi
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“A champion team will always beat a team of champions.” – Unknown

“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vince Lombardi
“Success is no accident. It’s hard work, perseverance, learning, and most of all, love of what you are doing.” – Pelé

“Leaders aren’t born, they’re made.” – Vince Lombardi
“Practice like you’ve never won. Play like you’ve never lost.” – Unknown
“A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.” – John Wooden
“Lead by example, not by opinion.” – Unknown
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” – William A. Ward
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.” – Henry Ford
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca
“Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.” – Chuck Noll

“Football is like life— it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.” – Vince Lombardi
“When you win, nothing hurts.” – Joe Namath
“I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.” – Shaquille O’Neal
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” – Joe Paterno

“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Vince Lombardi
“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?” – Joe Namath
“Champions do extra.” – Jerry Rice
“I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready, and that gives me peace of mind.” – Peyton Manning
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.” – Lou Holtz

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson
“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer
“You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” – Michael Phelps
“Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication.” – Vince Lombardi
“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson

“Pressure? What pressure? I eat pressure for breakfast.” – Tom Brady
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter
“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
“When you’re good at something, you’ll tell everyone. When you’re great, they’ll tell you.” – Walter Payton

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Confucius
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
“Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” – Unknown

“You play to win the game.” – Herman Edwards
“Legacy is greater than currency.” – Jordan Belfort
“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
“To uncover your true potential, you must first find your own limits and then have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street
“Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.” – Arnold Palmer