--- title: "1 Playing Days Quotes By Bart Starr" description: "1 Playing Days quotes by Bart Starr. Plus more from Bart Starr and more Playing Days sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/bart-starr-19931_coaching_i-would-hope-people-remember-the-playing_1976543.png" --- > [I would hope people remember the playing days first, and not the coaching years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-would-hope-people-remember-the-playing-days-first-and-not-the/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/bart-starr-19931_coaching_i-would-hope-people-remember-the-playing_1976543.png) ## More by Bart Starr > [I've been the luckiest football player ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-ve-been-the-luckiest-football-player-ever/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [My dad was the toughest man I've ever known in my life. He intimidated me. he was my Master Sergeant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/my-dad-was-the-toughest-man-i-ve-ever-known-in-my-life-he-intimidated/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [I'd like to pay tribute to what are unquestionably the world's greatest fans. They are very loyal and very rabid. And I had the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-d-like-to-pay-tribute-to-what-are-unquestionably-the-world-s/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [Desire and dedication are everything!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/desire-and-dedication-are-everything/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [I really think just the honor of playing on five championship teams in seven years is the best thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-really-think-just-the-honor-of-playing-on-five-championship-teams/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/anyone-can-support-a-team-that-is-winning-it-takes-no-courage-but-to/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/if-you-work-harder-than-somebody-else-chances-are-you-ll-beat-him/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [I had fallen in love with Cherry as a junior in high school. When I discovered she was going to go to Auburn, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-had-fallen-in-love-with-cherry-as-a-junior-in-high-school-when-i/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [I was just one part of a great team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-was-just-one-part-of-a-great-team/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [We avoided injuries that season. It was our fourth year with Vince, so we all knew just what he wanted. And a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/we-avoided-injuries-that-season-it-was-our-fourth-year-with-vince-so/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [A person can't brood over one mistake, or waste time feeling sorry for himself, or take on any sort of persecution complex. Today I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/a-person-can-t-brood-over-one-mistake-or-waste-time-feeling-sorry-for/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [My dad never pushed me but the big thing is that he helped me by going out in the backyard and playing with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/my-dad-never-pushed-me-but-the-big-thing-is-that-he-helped-me-by/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [I grew up in a military family, so I liked being in an atmosphere where there was almost that feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-grew-up-in-a-military-family-so-i-liked-being-in-an-atmosphere/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [I hadn't trained to be a coach. That takes great training. Being an assistant under a Coach Lombardi or a Tom Landry or whoever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-hadn-t-trained-to-be-a-coach-that-takes-great-training-being-an/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) > [I wish we could get a national buddy network going. It would be a great thing for the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-wish-we-could-get-a-national-buddy-network-going-it-would-be-a/) [Bart Starr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-starr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-days/bart-starr/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Days Quotes By Bart Starr", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would hope people remember the playing days first, and not the coaching years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bart Starr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-starr/i-would-hope-people-remember-the-playing-days-first-and-not-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/bart-starr-19931_coaching_i-would-hope-people-remember-the-playing_1976543.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/bart-starr-19931_coaching_i-would-hope-people-remember-the-playing_1976543.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/bart-starr-19931_coaching_i-would-hope-people-remember-the-playing_1976543.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would hope people remember the playing days first, and not the coaching years.” — Bart Starr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-days/bart-starr/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-days/bart-starr/", "name": "Playing Days Quotes by Bart Starr", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-days/bart-starr/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/bart-starr-19931_coaching_i-would-hope-people-remember-the-playing_1976543.png" }, "description": "1 Playing Days quotes by Bart Starr. 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