Halas Quotes & Sayings

Nobody whoever gave their best ever regretted it. — George Halas

What makes a good coach? Complete dedication. — George Halas

You might reduce Lombardi's coaching philosophy to a single sentence: In any game, you do the things you do best and you do them over and over and over. — George Halas

If you live long enough, lots of nice things happen. — George Halas

He was like a second father to me (of George Halas) — Sid Luckman

When they boo you, you know they mean you. — George Halas

You can achieve only that which you will do. — George Halas

At least 80 percent of the success of the football team is determined by the fight and spirit that they put into their play. — George Halas

Find out what the other team wants to do. Then take it away from them. — George Halas

People sometimes ask me to name the greatest coach in NFL history. George Halas may have set the standard, but Don Shula has won more games than anyone, and he has done it in the most competitive era. He had an incomparable ability to evaluate players, to motivate them, and to teach them the game of football. — Marv Levy

Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work. — George Halas

Fatuous words I don't trust you I trust silence
More than beauty more than anything
A festival of understanding — Frantisek Halas

Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game. — George Halas

Halas didn't believe in starting rookies. — Gale Sayers

San Francisco has always been my favorite booing city. I don't mean the people boo louder or longer, but there is a very special intimacy. When they boo you, you know they mean you. Music, that's what it is to me. One time in Kezar Stadium they gave me a standing boo. — George Halas

Some guys are just very, very interested in their sport and their predecessors. I know I was a guy like that when I was a young coach. I wanted to know about George Halas, I wanted to know about Jim Lee Howell, guys you don't even know. I wanted to know what they were like. So I read whatever I could get my hands on. — Bill Parcells

I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team. When he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office on Sunday, and asked him why, at his age, he was working on a Sunday. His response, 'It's only work if there's someplace else you'd rather be.' — Bernie Siegel

I believe there is a hero in each of us. The best books are the ones that remind us of who we already are and empower us to embrace our own story. — Marilynn Halas

George Halas throws nickels around like man hole covers. — Mike Ditka

At last, the newspapers discovered the Bears. I kept writing articles about upcoming games, and by reading the papers, I learned editors like superlatives. I blush when I think how many times I wrote that the next game was going to be the most difficult of the season or how a new player was the fastest man in the West. — George Halas

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. — George Halas

But if it comes down to next year, I'll be picketing outside of Halas Hall for a new deal, a new contract, because I'm not going anyplace. — Brandon Marshall

Nobody who has ever given his best has regretted it. — George Halas