Football Quotes - Page 121

I learned it doesn't matter how you win. You play to your team's strength.

If I can't get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond?

I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.

I enjoy watching football on TV. Many times I can visualize the whole field, even on the TV screen, because I still know enough about what the teams are doing.

Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.

At the end of the day, the only people a One Voice doctrine silences are those who should be the most loyal.

We only wanted to pay significant sums to keep truly special players.

Gay marriage and who should be on a football team have nothing to do with each other.

Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

I can't very well preach unity and tell the guys we're all in this together and everyone's important, then cut a guy because we might improve by one percent if we bring in someone else.

I was able to look at football as something that God was allowing me to do, not something that should define me. I couldn't take my identity from this sport.

There's a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values.

I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.

There are certain bridges that are not worth crossing, no matter what others think. Loyalty and relationships are important.

Keeping ridiculous hours doesn't mean you'll be successful.

If we do what we do without panicking, we can accomplish great things.

My four older brothers were my favorite players. That's why I got into football and sports.

You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.

Fulham haven't had a shot on target, which is probably why they aren't in the goals.

If Villa got another goal now it would change the scoreline completely.

With no one collecting his knockdowns, what was Crouch supposed to do, juggle the ball with his head until the midfield support arrived?

Being a running back helped me tremendously. It taught me judgement in the defense and how to judge the football.

I've seen him be successful throwing the football his sophomore year, I've seen that. I've seen him react through adversity, I have seen that. I'd never seen him react to a new system because we didn't have one. I'd say that'd be the most impressive thing.

I was writing very early, like I was involved in our high school literary magazine, which was called 'Pariah.' The football team was the Bears, and the literary magazine was 'Pariah.' It was great. It was definitely a real sub-culture. But I wrote stories for them.

I don't even like football.