Football Leadership Quotes

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you. ~ Paul Bryant

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal. ~ Don Shula

Leave as little to chance as possible. Preparation is the key to success. ~ Paul Brown

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately. ~ Russell L. Ackoff

creativity is the single most important leadership competency ~ Anonymous

I won't name any names but I'll name just one, David Dein. ~ Niall Quinn

Footballers are no different from human beings. ~ Graham Taylor

Those who live in the past are cowards and losers. ~ Mike Ditka

Once you start worrying about a national football championship, then you begin to worry about getting the quality of athlete, and the numbers needed, to win a national championship. And that worry leads to pressure to compromise academic standards to admit those athletes. ~ Derek Bok

Where I come from, you don't really dance, you know. I think I was at the age, where, I suppose, I wanted to do what all me friends were doing. I gave up dancing for a while, and then I realised I wasn't as good at football as I thought I was. ~ Tristan MacManus

Louisiana has a heritage of great players that play their high school football within the boundaries of Louisiana. ~ Les Miles

Messi makes the difference most of the time. In particular, he is always going forwards. He never passes the ball backwards or sideways. He has only one idea, to run towards the goal.So as a football fan, just enjoy the show. ~ Zinedine Zidane

Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do. ~ Warren G. Bennis

I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership. ~ Harriet Harman

It would be great to not have any injuries and just go out and play football and have fun ... But in life there are adversities, and it all just depends on how you overcome them. ~ Donovan McNabb

God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you want to ring the cash register, you have to pass. ~ Sid Gillman

Leadership is not achieved by an individual. Leadership is bestowed by the group. ~ Simon Sinek

The public perceives there are problems with the water system, and with the efficiency of the system. We need some leadership and to provide expertise in the area of efficiency. ~ Will Rogers

I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my profession. I was not immediately good at basketball. It did not come easy. It came as the result of a lot of hard work and self-sacrifice. The rewards, where they worth it? One thousand times over. ~ Bill Russell

I needed to do my current job well, keep preparing, and wait on God's timing. I needed to trust His leadership rather than try to force an outcome I wanted. ~ Tony Dungy

She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood. ~ Simone Elkeles

Serving my generation with excellence will mean my generation can in turn lead with excellence. ~ Onyi Anyado

Even though people involved in racing think that it has a big sporting stage, it is a minority sport compared to some of the other high-profile events: football, Formula One or golf. ~ Tony McCoy

It is wonderful ... Steve and Dan took professional football to a whole different level with the way they played the game. The fact that Steve is going in with Dan is very special. ~ Frank Gifford

The speed will increase and the players will be better, but also the players around you will be a lot better. It all cancels itself out. ~ Robert Griffin III

To understand what makes you future strong, and what being strong means, is to understand how and why you make choices. ~ Bill Jensen

Football has always been violent. In the early days of the game, they didn't wear hard helmets. They wore soft helmets, which were just designed to protect the ears. In the '40s and '50s they began to introduce hard helmets, which provided much more protection against things like skull fractures. ~ Greg Ip

Suddenly I realized I was standing on the hot wood of the dock, still touching elbows with Adam, staring at the skull-and-crossbones pendant. And when I looked up into his light blue eyes, I saw that he was staring at my neck. No. Down lower.
"What'cha staring at?" I asked.
He cleared his throat. "Tank top or what?" This was his seal of approval, as in, Last day of school or what? or, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders or what? Hooray! He wasn't Sean, but he was built of the same material. This was a good sign.
I pumped him for more info, to make sure. "What about my tank top?"
"You're wearing it." He looked out across the lake, showing me his profile. His cheek had turned bright red under his tan. I had embarrassed the wrong boy. Damn, it was back to the football T-shirt for me.
No it wasn't, either. I couldn't abandon my plan. I had a fish to catch.
"Look," I told Adam, as if he hadn't already looked. "Sean's leaving at the end of the summer. Yeah, yeah, he'll be back next summer, but I'm afraid I won't be able to compete once he's had a taste of college life and sorority girls. It's now or never, and desperate times call for desperate tank tops."
Adam opened his mouth to say something. I shut him up by raising my hand. Imitating his deep boy-voice, I said, "I don't know why you want to hook up with that jerk." We'd had this conversation whenever we saw each other lately. I said in my normal voice, "I just do, okay? Let me do it, and don't get in ~ Jennifer Echols

You see it in schools all over ... the concept that 'I'll be somewhat less than my best in order to make those around me feel more comfortable' is alive and well ... I'm very keen that they understand that if they make themselves a little less than they can be, it is a one-way street to mediocrity. ~ Fiona Wood

One of the things you learn in football is that you're only as good as your last outing. I don't like to reflect on what we've done in the past. I'm not a very good storyteller, for one thing. I'd disappoint you. When it's time, I'll talk about the good old days. But it's a sign of old age, reveling in the past. ~ Chuck Noll

No one has the right to pee on your dreams! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. ~ Robert E.Lee

Community leadership is the courage, creativity and capacity to inspire participation, development and sustainability for strong communities. ~ Gustav Nossal

Take the emotional temperature of those listening to you. Facial expressions, voice inflection and posture give clues to a person's mood and attitude. ~ John C. Maxwell

One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know. ~ Margaret Heffernan

ReThink Real Success: Keeping your word to others and never lying to yourself ~ Tony Dovale

You have a great leadership! You are a Success. ~ Anyaele Sam Chiyson

The sky's the limit for all Americans if we have the right kind of leadership. ~ Rudy Giuliani

I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at it, I imagine that I'd be doing something financial or economical. Finance always attracted me, even though maths was always a bit of a love-hate relationship. I would have tried playing football, but I don't think I'd have made it. ~ Matteo Manassero

All conflicts are rooted in emotions. If you can satiate the emotions, you can resolve the conflicts. ~ Krishna Saagar Rao

And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. ~ Anonymous

I looked like a monkey trying to wrestle a football. ~ Sam Snead

Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders. ~ Harvey MacKay

I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb. ~ Hyman George Rickover