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> [The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/the-failure-to-be-perfect-does-not-mean-you-are-not-a-success-it-is/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/fran-tarkenton-21545_doe_the-failure-to-be-perfect-does-not-mean_732772.png)

> [Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reaching the top is no less a success than the one who achieved it, if they both sweated blood, sweat and tears and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/success-in-my-view-is-the-willingness-to-strive-for-something-you-2/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/fran-tarkenton-21545_blood_success-in-my-view-is-the-willingness-to_949496.png)

## More by Fran Tarkenton

> [Winning means being unafraid to lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/winning-means-being-unafraid-to-lose/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [In sports, teams win and individuals don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/in-sports-teams-win-and-individuals-don-t/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/quarterbacks-need-to-make-their-team-better-if-it-s-a-bad-team-they/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/what-s-so-wonderful-about-football-and-business-and-show-business-is/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [It's perfectly okay to want to quit - as long as you don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/it-s-perfectly-okay-to-want-to-quit-as-long-as-you-don-t/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/the-failure-to-be-perfect-does-not-mean-you-are-not-a-success-it-is/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/the-new-york-times-bestseller-the-amateur-written-by-ed-klein-former/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [Profit isn't and shouldn't be the mission of business. The mission of business is to help people. To help your customers, your co-workers, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/profit-isn-t-and-shouldn-t-be-the-mission-of-business-the-mission-of/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [Ignoring facts does not make them go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/ignoring-facts-does-not-make-them-go-away/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/success-in-my-view-is-the-willingness-to-strive-for-something-you/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reaching the top is no less a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/success-in-my-view-is-the-willingness-to-strive-for-something-you-2/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/if-football-taught-me-anything-about-business-it-is-that-you-win-the/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/great-quarterbacks-good-quarterbacks-make-plays/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [None of us really pushes hard enough. People always talk about playing over your head when you are up against someone really good. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/none-of-us-really-pushes-hard-enough-people-always-talk-about-playing/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

> [I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-tarkenton/i-discovered-that-the-more-i-hustled-the-luckier-i-seemed-to-get/)

[Fran Tarkenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-tarkenton/)

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