Football is a game in which a handful of fit men run around
for one
and a half hours watched by millions of people who could
really use
the exercise.

They say the game of
football is all about defense, if properly executed an equally matched
offense should beat out the defense. While defense is all about reaction
it is the offense that dictates the action. Read on to see how this
amazing game of inches and teamwork can inspire us all to reach new
heights.

Quotes About Teamwork

“Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.
“Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.”
“We
didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.”
“Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”
“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.”
“People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.”

About Winning

Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won.
“In doing your work in the great world, it
is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard
on the football field: Don’t flinch, don’t fall;
hit the line hard.”
~Theodore Roosevelt
“Show
class, have pride, and display character.
If you do, winning takes care of itself.”
~ Paul “Bear” Bryant
“It’s
not the size of the dog in the fight, but
the size of the fight in the dog.”
~ Archie Griffin
“No,
we believed in ourselves all year. That’s
the position you want to be in.”
~ Eli Manning
“Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.”
~ Tom Landry
“How you respond to the challenge in the second half
will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner
or a loser.”

~ Lou Holtz

“Make
sure when anyone tackles you he remembers
how much it hurts.”
~ Jim Brown

“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

“Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.“
~ Knute Rockne
I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it
is, you can make it.
~ Gale Sayers
 

“The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.”

“Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.”

Mike Ditka

Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

If you don’t want to be the best, then there’s no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything.

~ Joe Montana ~

There is a different between conceit & confidence. Conceit is bragging. Confidence is believing you can get the job done.
– Johnny Unitas ~

“He is the only man I ever saw who ran his own interference.”
~ Steve Owen on Bronko Nagurski

“It might have been the hardest hit I took all day.”
~ Drew Brees after a Raiders fan hit him with a water bottle

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.”
~ Vince Lombardi
“I was the originator of smack. Some guys rattle with smack; with other
guys it rolls right off their shoulders like nothing.”
~ Deacon Jones
“When you win, nothing hurts.”
~ Joe Namath
“Speed, strength and the inability to register pain immediately.”
~ WR Reggie Williams, on his greatest strength as a football player

“Lets go eat a God damn snack”
~ Rex Ryan ~

““I’ve been big ever since I was little.” hmmmmm…ok man.”
~ William Perry

“The reason women don’t play football is because eleven of them would never wear the same outfit in public.”
~ Phyllis Diller

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are
consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not
coincidence.”
~ Erma Bombeck

Football is not a contact sport. It’s a collision sport. Dancing is a… contact sport.”
~ Duffy Daugherty

“I don’t know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf.”
~ Joe Namath

“If you’re a pro coach, NFL stands for ‘Not for long.”
~ Jerry Glanville

“Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you
see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field?”
~ Jim Boulton

“I’ve got news for you. We’re gonna win the game. I guarantee it.”
~Joe Namath (predicting a Super Bowl III victory)

“There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is
bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the
job done.”
~ Johnny Unitas

“Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.”
~ Knute Rockne ~

“Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”
~ Vince Lombardi

“I’d like to say that this is exactly what I predicted, but we played
three outstanding football teams. We’re 3-0 right here. Maybe that says
something about us.”
~ Rex Ryan