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Football Quotes by Jim Harbaugh

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Jim Harbaugh talks about why the Michigan coaching job felt right for him and how a team's record is the main way people judge success. He describes a personal “football clock” that tells him when the sport is on his mind, and he enjoys the feeling of wearing a uniform as a sign of belonging. He also notes that fans who love football tend to love him back.

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Football players come to enjoy the struggle.

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You're kind of numb after 50 shots to the head.

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To me, we win as a team.

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Do we need a top-flight quarterback? Do human beings need air to breath?

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Winning as a team is better than anything. It's great to share success.

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Because I am the football coach doesn't mean I can dictate to people what they believe.

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It's more than personal. I can't screw it up. I have to do.

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Fans have a constitutional right to expect success and have high expectations.

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I play in dreams. I don't ever have coaching dreams. But I have football dreams, still.

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We want to win every game we play. We want to win them all.

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COVID is part of our society. Wasn't caused by football or caused by sports.

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Some people say 'Why is a football coach concerned?' I explained I'm an American first and all Americans should care about justice.

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You can't have experiments that aren't truthful. You can't lie about equations. Shouldn't be lying in football. That's a message that we…

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I wake up before the end of it. Honest. Cross my heart. That's how my football dreams always go.

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I understand the magnitude of the NFL as a player for 15 years and for two years as an assistant coach. I…

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It can be a great temptation to rest on the field and let the opponent have a play without making him pay…

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I respect so many people in football. There is so many coaches and people that I trust and respect, and get their…

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All you can be judged on is your record - what your record is overall, what your record is in your conference,…

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I love being part of something that is working toward a greater goal, and there's no more satisfaction in life than achieving…

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I think everybody that coaches... there's something about their playing career when they're teaching and explaining... you know, you visualize yourself in…

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I was reminded of another very special word when I was driving into Ann Arbor this morning, and that word is homecoming.…

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My prototypical quarterback is a competitive guy that's a winner, somebody that has great athletic instincts, somebody who is very accurate throwing…

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We play a game called, 'Peru ball,' it's a game we invented in Peru. The rules are so simple. You play with…

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People talk about cold weather and it'd be tough to catch balls. But the greatest catcher of all time, Michael Crabtree, catches…

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I love Woody Hayes! If you really know me, you know Woody Hayes is in my top three of all-time coaches. I've…

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When I have football dreams, they always finish with a drive at the end of the game. And I'm always playing -…

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Football - it's not fun when you lose. That's a heartbreaking thing. But then there's a new week, and a new opportunity…

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I've always felt like the most improvement you can make is from year 1 to year 2, much like a college freshman…

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All human beings have a great agency for being part of a team.

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There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it.

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I think every American boy should play soccer till the eighth grade. Then they should play football. American football.

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For me, there's a lot of great jobs, great opportunities I know in coaching but, for me, the Michigan job was the…

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When you're a step onto a football field, never is that more evident that the truth is going to get told.

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I always liked having a uniform. Growing up, when I was playing baseball, or hockey, or football. Always nice to have a…

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Heck yeah, I'd be comfortable coaching a game without any fans. If the choice were play in front of no fans or…

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Honestly I knew from the very youngest age that I was going to play football, then coach, then die. I never thought…

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That's not a word that I would put with the two: football and happy. It's a hard, rough, tough sport. Not a…

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I have never asked to be the highest-paid coach in football. I have never asked to be paid like a Super Bowl-winning…

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A coach should go to practice with a whistle and I just clip a pen on it. It's really not complicated at…

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I love football. Love it. Love it. I think it's the last bastion of hope for toughness in America in men, in…

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In my America, you're allowed to cross the state borders. That's the America I know.

What will happen will happen, what won't happen won't happen.

You've got a guy sitting in a big house, making $5 million a year, saying he does not want to sacrifice his time. That…

I believe in God. I believe in country. I believe in family.

Most people think of January 1st as the start of a new year. To people who espouse to Catholicism and Christianity, they might correlate…

It's like the human body. What a tremendous organism. It actually craves contact. It likes contact. It craves it, as opposed to a car.…

Perception is NOT reality. People have always said that - perception is reality. I reject that hypothesis.

I don't take vacations. I don't get sick. I don't observe major holidays. I'm a jack hammer.

We joke that dad's profession was the perfect profession for Jim, because after two years, he'd be like: 'It's time to move, dad. I've…

Do we need a top-flight quarterback? Do human beings need air to breath?

I have a couple of rules. Number one, get competitive. Number two, win a game. Number three, win two games in a row. Number…

That's a very nice compliment, for somebody to be described as having grit, having some gravel in the gut.