“Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.” Jesse Owens 4 time Gold medalist in Track at the 1936 Olympic Games (1913-1980)

“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

“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

Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
- Vince Lombardi

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
-Theodore Roosevelt

Describing an opposing team: Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.
- Don Shula

"No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training...what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable."
- Socrates

The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.
Darrell Royal

Sports should always be fun.
Charles Mann

When it`s third and ten, you can take the milk drinkers and I`ll take the whiskey drinkers every time.
Max McGee

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

When you win, nothing hurts.
JOE NAMATH

If it doesn`t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?
VINCE LOMBARDI

Confidence doesn`t come out of nowhere. It`s a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
ROGER STAUBACH

This is a dirty business, that is why I go out and play with my heart. I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports. This is like a nine to five. No guaranteed contracts, and that is the worst thing about it.
TERRELL OWENS, interview, Jul. 8, 2004

What`s the toughest thing in a professional football game? It`s being the mother of the quarterback -- toughest thing.
JOHN MADDEN, MNF Football promo, Sept. 7, 2006

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

I firmly believe that any man`s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that 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

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Vince Lombardi

Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
Vince Lombardi

Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent`s pressure, and the temporary failures.
Vince Lombardi

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
Vince Lombardi

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
Vince Lombardi

Winning is not a sometime thing; it`s an all time thing. You don`t win once in a while, you don`t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Vince Lombardi

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi

The roar of the crowd will end, but a family`s love won`t.
Darrell Green

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
Vince Lombardi

We`re going to win Sunday. I guarantee it.
Joe Namath

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.
John Madden

If you train hard, you`ll not only be hard, you`ll be hard to beat.
Herschel Walker

My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.
Herschel Walker

When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman

"It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog."
Archie Griffen, two-time Heisman winner