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Football is a very short-term proposition. Football really prepares you for nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work hard, and that's it.
Oct 1, 2025
If a team intimidate you physically and you let them, they've won.
I don't know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf.
A good back makes his own holes. Anybody can run where the holes are.
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.
Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.
You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.
There is no pressure when you are making a dream come true.
When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.
International football is the continuation of war by other means.
Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
winning is not everything it is the only thing
You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.
A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
The principle is competing against yourself.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.
Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.
We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now.
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four.
I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Baseball is what we were, football is what we have become.
Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
When you win, nothing hurts.
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, Tide, Roll!"
Football: A sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.