American football Quotes

I try to learn from every experience, good or bad.

— Tim Tebow

My father was an all-American football player.

— Edwin Moses

Leaders aren't born they are made.

— Vince Lombardi

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

— Bum Phillips

Be a tough-minded optimist.

— Frosty Westering

A modern school where football is taught.

— Ambrose Bierce

I care nothing about American football.

— Cesaro

American football was not on the radar at all for me.

— Morten Andersen

We grew up with my family being very passionate about two sports, American football and British football.

— Joel Glazer

I think the playbook in American football would be a very good idea for soccer.

— Julian Nagelsmann

Maybe a good rule in life is never become too important to do your own laundry.

— Barry Sanders

Violent ground-acquisition games such as football are in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war.

— Robert Downey, Jr

Power isn’t just about going forward. It’s about not letting anything hold you back.

— Patrick Willis

It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.

— Vince Lombardi

No, we believed in ourselves all year. That's the position you want to be in.

— Eli Manning

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

— Marv Levy

You can't go out and practice average on Wednesday, average on Thursday, okay on Friday and then expect to play well on…

— Tom Brady

Every time you lose you die a little bit. You die inside...a portion of you. Not all of your organs. Maybe just…

— George Allen

Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys in the locker room. So when you…

— Junior Seau

I was a quarterback and I played for six or seven years, but that was the decision I had to make when…

— Ben Shelton

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to…

— Junior Seau

Let's face it, you have to have a slightly recessive gene that has a little something to do with the brain to…

— Tim Green

If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was…

— Bo Jackson

There were a lot of running backs as good as me. The real difference was that I could focus. I never laid…

— Jim Brown

Anybody who knows me knows I'm passionate about American football. I gave this game everything I had. In college, that's what I…

— La'el Collins

Professional football in America is a special game, a unique game ... It is a rare game. The men who play it…

— John Facenda

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only…

— Jay Leno

I'm a friend in the context that we helped fight a battle together for survival of the American Football League. But I…

— Lamar Hunt

There is a difference in being in shape and being in football shape. Any one can out on the field and run…

— John Madden

What I meant by that is, any time you have adversity, now you've got a chance to see all of these guys…

— Mike Shanahan

Coming from a small South Dakota school, it was a different route to get to the NFL. I went from South Dakota…

— Adam Vinatieri

I had all these desperate feelings. I kept thinking, How will I ever play football again if I can't even get out…

— Keith Millard

There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the…

— Alfred Hitchcock

If the government is to try and ban private consumption of alcohol and tobacco, it must surely ban such activities as hang-gliding,…

— Milton Friedman

“Who but the sports-mad [Norman] Mailer would liken the battle between God and the Devil to a game of American football? The…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Soccer's appeal lay in its opposition to the other popular sports. For children of the sixties, there was something abhorrent about enrolling…

— Franklin Foer

I feel like a new person. I learned how to deal with people when I wasn't a football player. I always wondered…

— Keith Millard

“He needs to be talked to." "This is funny, but I know how to talk, too." Brian swore under his breath. "He…

— Nora Roberts

I'm gonna say it one more time. We are Georgia Southern. Our colors are blue and white. We call ourselves the Bald…

— Erk Russell

“When I was in London in 2008, I spent a couple hours hanging out at a pub with a couple of blokes…

— Robert Stacy McCain