"The pro athlete is a sad tale. He……" — Fran Tarkenton
"The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich."
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26 Quotes by Fran Tarkenton
Fran Tarkenton has 26 quotes on this site.
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It's a lonesome walk to the sidelines, especially when thousands of people are cheering your replacement.
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If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.
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Winning means being unafraid to lose.
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Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reaching the top…
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What's so wonderful about business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
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I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get.
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Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to…
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Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want
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Leadership must be demonstrated, not announced.
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If it's not fun, you are not doing it right.
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It's perfectly okay to want to quit - as long as you don't.
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If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.
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