Quotes by Football Coaches

You have to pay the price - but if you do you can only win.
Frank Leahy
Inches make a champion.
Vince Lombardi
The minute you think you've got it made disaster is just around the corner.
Joe Paterno
Before you can win a game you have to not lose it.
Chuck Noll
Football games aren't won they're lost.
Fielding Yost
If you can't accept losing you can't win.
Vince Lombardi
Stated to a running back after an overly exuberant display of celebration: Next time you make a touchdown act like you've been there before.
Vince Lombardi
Let's win this one for the Gipper.
Knute Rockne
Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Vince Lombardi
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm you'll be fired with enthusiasm.
Vince Lombardi
Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.
Vince Lombardi
The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.
Bum Phillips
Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.
Bum Phillips
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same old dog's rear end every day.
Darrell Royal
All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.
Duffy Daugherty
Think of only three things: your God your family and the Green Bay Packers-in that order.
Vince Lombardi
There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more.
Woody Hayes
As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.
Darrell Royal
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same old dog's rear end every day.
Darrell Royal
All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.
Duffy Daugherty
Think of only three things: your God your family and the Green Bay Packers-in that order.
Vince Lombardi
There's nothing in this world that comes easy. There are a lot of people who aren't going to bother to win. We learn in football to get up and go once more.
Woody Hayes
As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated he is not defeated-he's just a little behind and isn't through fighting.
Darrell Royal
The champion makes his own luck.
Red Blaik
A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
Chuck Noll
Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.
Vince Lombardi
There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.
Woody Hayes
You can beat the Bear once but never the same way twice.
John McKay
One loss is good for the soul. Too many losses are not good for the coach.
Knute Rockne
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Frank Leahy
If you aren't fired with enthusiasm you will be fired with enthusiasm.
Vince Lombardi
The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your heart.
Darrell Royal
If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.
Lou Holtz
Winners are men who have dedicated their whole lives to winning.
Woody Hayes
Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
Knute Rockne
You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum.
Darrell Royal
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
Lou Holtz
A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose man enjoyment is winning.
Chuck Noll
I figured this was the easy stuff, and if we couldn't show up on time, looking right and acting right, we weren't going to be able to do anything else.
Bo Schembechler
Who you are should not be defined by your achievements.
Bill Courtney
Is it or is it not a matter of importance that a young man starts out in life with an ability to shut his jaw hard and say "I will," or "I will not," and mean it?
John William Heisman
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Lou Holtz
The upset is in the mind of the favorite.
Bo Schembechler
On the road we're somebody else's guests and we play in a way that they'renot going to forget we visited them.
Knute Rockne
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
Knute Rockne
There definitely needs to be water on the sidelines for these players, but I also had some Gatorade just in case they were allergic to the water or vice versa.
John Madden
Each one of us has a comfort zone. The problem comes when we are unwilling to leave it.
Bill Courtney
The quality of people's lives is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour.
Vincent Lombardi
Recognize the remarkable individuals in your life who help you envision a world far beyond yourself.
Bill Courtney
Not making a decision is the worst thing you can do. So long as you feel you made the right decision based on the information you had at that time, there's no need to fret about it. If it fails, you'll know what to do next time.
Bo Schembechler
A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.
Bill Courtney
The effectiveness of a leader is best judged by the actions of those he guides.
Bill Courtney
If a player won’t shoulder responsibility, he won’t work on his weaknesses, which means he won’t improve. He’ll be constantly on the prowl for a fall guy or a scapegoat, and his teammates becomes epidemic.
Bill Parcels
For God's sakes, quit worrying about your next job. Just do the best you can at the job you have now, and the offers will come. And when they do, if you have confidence in yourself you don't have to feel that you can't turn it down if it isn't quite right for you because you fear you'll never get another offer. You will. Wait for the right opportunity, and turn down all the rest. It will make all the difference.
Bo Schembechler
The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION will ignite the fire of passion that fuels our commitment to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to achieve excellence. Only VISION allows us to transform dreams of greatness into the reality of achievement through human action. VISION has no boundaries and knows no limits. Our VISION is what we become in life.
Tony Dungy
In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.
Bill Courtney
Communication creates collaboration. Big ears are better than big egos. When you’re not listening, ask good questions.
Bill Walsh
You don't treat the so-called little people poorly, because we don't have any little people here! The trainers, the managers, the secretaries, the people who work in the dorms and cafeterias and classroom buildings are all professionals, and they're all important or they wouldn't be working for Michigan football.
Bo Schembechler
Serving and attempting to inspire others is a responsibility, not a choice.
Bill Courtney