Vince Lombardi- Legendary Green Bay Coach
"Gentlemen, this is a football..."
"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
Vince Lombardi
"The ultimate succuss of any athlete lies in direct correlation to the amount of preparation he invests in his field of competition."
Danny Jacobson
"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
Vince Lombardi- Legendary Green Bay Coach
On eluding the pass rush:
"It's amazing what the human body can do when chased by a bigger human body."
Jack Thompson
Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work,
a company work, a society work, a civilization work."
Vince Lombardi
"Perfect practice yields perfect performance."
Danny Jacobson
Knute Rockne- Legendary Notre Dame Coach
"Quarterbacking is the most demanding, the most exciting, the most glorified, and the most rewarding position in the entirity of sports."
Anonymous
"Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."
Vince Lombardi
"I believe that the success or failure of an individual is at least 75% determined even before practive begins. Most people think the season starts in early August. However, the man that has prepared exceptinally well in the off-season and improved the most in speed, strength, and agility already has the distinct advantage when the season begins."
Tom Osborne
"…Sometime, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys- tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy."
George Gipp
"How a man plays the game shows something of his character; how he loses shows all of it."
"Pain is mind over matter; if you don't mind, it does'nt matter."
"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender." Vince Lombardi
"The real measure of an athlete is not what he can do in comparison to others but what he can do in comparison to his own best self."
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
William Shakespeare. Julius Caeser
