--- title: "1 Great Ability Quotes By LaVell Edwards" description: "1 Great Ability quotes by LaVell Edwards. Plus more from LaVell Edwards and more Great Ability sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/lavell-edwards-8764_ability_looking-at-the-championship-winning-quar_939435.jpg" --- > [Looking at the championship-winning quarterbacks, Edwards remembered their particular talents: Jim McMahon: A great natural leader. Great ability. Great presence. For a guy who was supposed to be blind in one eye, he had as much vision as anyone I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/looking-at-the-championship-winning-quarterbacks-edwards-remembered/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/lavell-edwards-8764_ability_looking-at-the-championship-winning-quar_939435.jpg) ## More by LaVell Edwards > [We have reached the point where we can lose a game or two and not drop out of sight in the rankings. I've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/we-have-reached-the-point-where-we-can-lose-a-game-or-two-and-not/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [We tend to look at successful athletes and make them almost bigger than life. I have seen many young men who have achieved greatness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/we-tend-to-look-at-successful-athletes-and-make-them-almost-bigger/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [Not playing on Sunday has caused problems for other organizations or teams who wanted us to do so, but we never had to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/not-playing-on-sunday-has-caused-problems-for-other-organizations-or/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [How do we handle adversity? Adversity is going to be with us in everything that we do, almost in every facet of our lives-in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/how-do-we-handle-adversity-adversity-is-going-to-be-with-us-in/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [I know the team, as a whole, has had an impact on the youth of the church, and on the missionary efforts throughout the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/i-know-the-team-as-a-whole-has-had-an-impact-on-the-youth-of-the/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [He will return with a greater understanding of himself, greater leadership capabilities, better work habits, and a better knowledge of what it takes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/he-will-return-with-a-greater-understanding-of-himself-greater/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [Potential does not always ensure success. The greatest players have not always been the most endowed. In athletics, we often hear the phrase, "He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/potential-does-not-always-ensure-success-the-greatest-players-have/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [Coming out of BYU's football spring, 1999, practice: We might have a chance to be pretty good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/coming-out-of-byu-s-football-spring-1999-practice-we-might-have-a/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [Even though I did not go into college teaching, I believe the education I did receive helped me to become a better coach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/even-though-i-did-not-go-into-college-teaching-i-believe-the/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [Current condition of the BYU football program? I think it's in good shape. We've got some good young players. We've had two or three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/current-condition-of-the-byu-football-program-i-think-it-s-in-good/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [The difficulty in living our religion is when we haven't totally made the commitment necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/the-difficulty-in-living-our-religion-is-when-we-haven-t-totally-made/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [I can't think of anything I would do differently in my life. It would be nice to undo some of my mistakes I made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/i-can-t-think-of-anything-i-would-do-differently-in-my-life-it-would/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/they-can-t-fire-me-because-my-family-buys-too-many-tickets/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [In my career I have had many wonderful things happen to me, many more than I ever dreamed would ever happen. But I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/in-my-career-i-have-had-many-wonderful-things-happen-to-me-many-more/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) > [I received my Master's degree from the University of Utah while coaching at Granite High School. I obtained my doctorate from BYU while coaching.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavell-edwards/i-received-my-master-s-degree-from-the-university-of-utah-while/) [LaVell Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavell-edwards/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-ability/lavell-edwards/#itemlist", "name": "1 Great Ability Quotes By LaVell Edwards", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Looking at the championship-winning quarterbacks, Edwards remembered their particular talents: Jim McMahon: A great natural leader. Great ability. Great presence. For a guy who was supposed to be blind in one eye, he had as much vision as anyone I've ever seen. He'd know instinctively where he should turn and where he should throw the ball. He was never a problem on the field. He was kind of cocky, but that didn't bother me. 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