Score Big Motivation 50 American Football Quotes
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Winning Mindset
- “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.”
– Vince Lombardi - “The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win.”
– Bobby Knight - “Champions keep playing until they get it right.”
– Billie Jean King - “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
– Wayne Gretzky - “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”
– Bobby Unser
Preparation & Hard Work
- “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
– Vince Lombardi - “If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”
– Joe Namath - “Preparation beats perspiration.”
– Lou Holtz - “Sweat more in practice, bleed less in battle.”
– Anonymous - “Work hard, stay humble.”
– Tom Brady
Leadership & Teamwork
- “A team above all things.”
– Bill Parcells - “Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work.”
– Vince Lombardi - “In football, the greatest gift you can give is your leadership.”
– Bill Belichick - “The strength of the team is each individual member.”
– Phil Jackson - “There is no ‘I’ in team, but there is in win.”
– Michael Jordan
Overcoming Adversity
- “Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.”
– Napoleon Hill - “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
– Japanese Proverb - “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.”
– Vince Lombardi - “Obstacles don’t have to stop you; if you run into a wall, don’t turn around, figure out how to climb it.”
– Michael Jordan - “You’ve got to get to the point where anyone else would quit and you’re not going to stop there.”
– Tom Brady
Competitive Drive
- “Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.”
– Chuck Noll - “Every yard is contested; every inch is earned.”
– Anonymous - “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little ‘extra.’”
– Jimmy Johnson - “It's not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.”
– Paul “Bear” Bryant - “I never lost a game. I just ran out of time.”
– Michael Jordan
Celebrating Success
- “The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.”
– John Madden - “When you win, nothing hurts.”
– Joe Namath - “Success isn’t owned, it’s leased—and rent is due every day.”
– J.J. Watt - “Football is like life— it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”
– Vince Lombardi - “We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.”
– Vince Lombardi
Final Whistle
- “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.”
– Archie Griffin - “The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”
– Vince Lombardi - “You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.”
– Michael Phelps - “Don’t count the days; make the days count.”
– Muhammad Ali - “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
– Robert F. Kennedy - “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.”
– Pat Riley - “Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.”
– Rocky Balboa - “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
– Tim Notke - “Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.”
– Abraham Lincoln - “You don’t win with X’s and O’s; you win with people.”
– Herb Brooks - “It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort.”
– Jillian Michaels - “Success demands singleness of purpose.”
– Vince Lombardi - “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”
– Lance Armstrong - “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
– John Wooden - “The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.”
– Vince Lombardi - “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 - “Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance.”
– Robin Sharma - “Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.”
– Bobby Knight - “You play to win the game.”
– Herm Edwards - “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.”
– Ernie Banks
