Chuck Noll Quotes & Sayings

I can't tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way. If there's anything the Steelers of the '70s epitomized, I think it was that teamwork. — Chuck Noll

Good things come to those who hustle — Chuck Noll

It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team. — Chuck Noll

I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don't strive for it, because I don't think it's important whether I'm good copy or not. The two can go together, if that's your personality, but every person on this earth is unique. — Chuck Noll

You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice. — Chuck Noll

The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing. — Chuck Noll

Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom. — Chuck Noll

Leaving the game plan is a sign of panic, and panic is not in our game plan. — Chuck Noll

In order to WIN the game, you must first not LOSE it. — Chuck Noll

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

On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field. — Chuck Noll

Losing has nothing to do with geography. — Chuck Noll

I tried to look around to see what I wanted to do. Football was something I knew the most about. — Chuck Noll

I'm really not a celebrity; I'm just a teacher. — Chuck Noll

Champions do ordinary things better than everyone else. — Chuck Noll

Mamas, don't let your sons grow up to be Cowboys ... or Oilers. — Chuck Noll

The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead. — Chuck Noll

Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else. — Chuck Noll

Everyone's job is important, but no one is indispensable. — Chuck Noll

If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out. — Chuck Noll

Watch the film, not the stopwatch. — Chuck Noll

Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it. — Chuck Noll

A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning. — Chuck Noll

The critics are always right. The only way you shut them up is by winning. — Chuck Noll

Pressure is what you feel when you don't know what's going on. — Chuck Noll

Never make a major decision based solely on money. — Chuck Noll

The single most important thing we had in the Steelers of the '70s was the ability to work together. — Chuck Noll

I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work. — Chuck Noll

As you gain experience, you mature as an individual, and along with that comes the confidence that you have the ability to solve problems. — Chuck Noll