American Football Quotes

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
- Joe Paterno

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
- Herschel Walker

Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
- Vincent Lombardi

The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
- Joe Theisman

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
- Vince Lombardi

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.
- John Madden

What about football? Is it a sport or a concussion?
- Jim MurrayLos Angeles Times.

College football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.
- Elbert Hubbard

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.
- Eugene McCarthy

To play this game (Football) you must have fire in you, and there is nothing that strokes fire like hate.
- Vince Lombardi