28 Football Quotes

Find quotes from players, coaches, and those who love the sport. Famous people and those who are not so famous, but all have inspirational words that you can apply to everyday life.

Tackle life the way a football player tackles, with determination, perseverance and a focus on winning. But also have fun, enjoy the moments.

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half. Bum Phillips, Football Coach
Winning

“I won’t accept anything less than the best a player’s capable of doing, and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!” Lou Holtz, Football Coach
Best Quotes

Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling
and you'll stay on the floor. Bill Shankly

Aim for the sky and you’ll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you’ll stay on the floor. Bill Shankly, Football Player and Manager
Inspirational Quotes

To succeed . . . You need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. Tony Dorsett
Success

The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.” Steve Young, Football Quarterback
Personal Development

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

Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. Vince Lombardi
Inspirational Quotes about Life

… for me football has been a game against myself, a profession that has taught me more about myself than any book ever could. Richard Lee, Graduation: Life Lessons of a Professional Footballer
Quotes about Books

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are. Ara Paraeghian, Football Player and Coach
Coaching

Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss. Doug Williams, Football Quarterback
Giving Up

You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Mike Ditka

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. Joe Paterno
Preparation

Things have a way of working themselves out if we just remain positive. Lou Holtz, College Football National Champion Coach
Positive Quotes

Your flaws are perfect for the heart that’s meant to love you. Trent Shelton, Football Player
Love

The Six W's: Work will win when wishing won't.
Todd Blackledge

“If you don’t invest very much, then defeat doesn’t hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.” Dick Vermeil
Defeat

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer there are for a player to break.” John Madden, Football Coach
Cute Quotes

“Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen to what they don’t want to hear.” John Madden, Coach
Listening

“They call it coaching but it is teaching. You do not just tell them – you show them the reasons.” Vince Lombardi, Football Coach
Teacher

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.
Tom Flores

A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance. Tom Flores, Football Coach
Commitment

“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” George Halas, Pro Football Coach
Short Quotes

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” Lou Holtz, Football Coach
Attitude

“If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.” Bud Wilkinson, Player
Greatness

Don't give up at half-time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
Paul Bear Bryant

Don’t give up at half-time. Concentrate on winning the second half. Paul Bear Bryant, Coach
Focus

“I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour – this greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious.” Vince Lombardi, Football Coach
Discipline

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
Team

“If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.” Chuck Noll, Football Player, and Coach
Words of Encouragement

Visualization increases chances of success - not just in football but in any
area of life. Tony Dungy

Visualization increases chances of success – not just in football but in any area of life. Tony Dungy, The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge
Vision