For me, winning isn’t something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream. — Emmitt Smith, American Football Player

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

There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. — Vince Lombardi

Most football teams are temperamental. That’s 90% temper and 10% mental. — Doug Plank

If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. — Erma Bombeck

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

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

Football isn’t a contact sport, it’s a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport. — Duffy Daugherty

I’d rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd. — Johnny Giles

When in doubt, punt! — John Heisman

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

Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it. — Heywood Hale Broun

I’d catch a punt naked, in the snow, in Buffalo, for a chance to play in the NFL. — Steve Henderson

American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party. — Sue Lawley

Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell. — Bo Jackson

Hollywood made a movie of my life. The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. I would never misuse a football field that way. — Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. — Dan Birdwell

You’ve got a goal in life. I’ve got a goal. Now all we need is a football team. — Groucho Marx

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

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