"Inspirational Football Quotes"

“Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.” -Knute Rockne

“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.” -Bill Shankly

“Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.” -Lou Holtz

“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” -Lou Holtz

“I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.” -Gale Sayers

“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.” -Knute Rockne

"Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States." -Lee Corso

"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

"If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run over her if she was in my way. And I love my mother." -Bo Jackson

“Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.” -Paul "Bear" Bryant

"Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable." -Tom Landry

"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was, you know, important -like a league game or something." -Dick Butkus

"I've been big ever since I was little." -William "The Refrigerator" Perry

"I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault." -Jack Tatum

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.” -Vince Lombardi

“The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” -John Madden

“If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.” -Bud Wilkinson

“Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.” -Joe Namath

“Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything that comes in second.” -Paul "Bear" Bryant

“Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.” -Duffy Daugherty

“Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.” -Frank Gifford

“We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now.” -Bruce Coslet

“I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.” -Jerry Rice

"You guys line up alphabetically by height." -Bill Peterson

“We've got to find a way to win. I'm willing to start cheating.” -Marv Cook

“I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop to watch, even if the TV is showing replays of what we call a "good hit," which is a tackle that causes at least one major internal organ to actually fly out of a player's body.” -Dave Barry

“There's no substitute for guts.” -Paul "Bear" Bryant

“Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental.” -Doug Plank

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