Winning Football Quotes & Sayings

Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win. — Bud Wilkinson

We were in an awkward position against Yugoslavia in that in order to win we needed to score more goals than they did. — Jose Antonio Camacho

I'm a firm believer that if the other side scores first, you have to score twice to win. — Howard Wilkinson

Education depends on the quality of the teacher, not the site or beauty of the buildings-- nor, I might add, does it depend on the winning record of the football team, and I like football. — Anonymous

There's only one plan in football: win you next match. — Johnny Giles

I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master. — Theodore Roosevelt

We had enough chances to win the game. In fact we did win it. — Alex Smith

Football is all about winning things as a team but it's also important to pick up individual awards along the way. — Steven Gerrard

I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation. — Bob Devaney

There's nothing easy about winning a game in the National Football League, let alone winning a championship, things that we've done in the past. However, that's in the past. — Rodney Harrison

Football is about winning; it's that simple. You have to love what you do. If you're here for the money, than you don't belong here. — Vinny Testaverde

Winning the Championship is like taking a 26-year ball and chain from around our legs. Now we can go forward, and hopefully dominate English football for the next 10 years, like Liverpool did. — Bryan Robson

Nothing in life that is of value comes easy. If good things came easily then the value would be diminished. When we have a vested interest, when we give everything we have, then, and only then are those good times valuable. — George M. Gilbert

I never was very big on praying for victory. For God to give a big win to the Denver Broncos, wouldn't He have to take it away from somebody else, say, the Green Bay Packers? — Deacon Jones

I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning. — Tony Dungy

Tottenham are trying tonight to become the first London team to win this cup. The last team to do so was the 1973 Spurs team. — Mike Ingham

No one will ever win four [Super Bowls] in six years again. It won't happen. You can chisel that sucker in stone. — Terry Bradshaw

We're in the top six, we've got five points and I've told the lads we need another 80 to win the League. — Joe Kinnear

I love coaching football, and winning a Super Bowl was a goal I've had for a long time. But it has never been my purpose in life. My purpose in life is simply to glorify God. We have to be careful that we don't let the pursuit of our life's goals, no matter how important they seem, cause us to lose sight of our purpose. I coach football. But the good I can do to glorify God along the way is my real purpose. — Tony Dungy

Hawaii doesn't win many games in the United States. — Lee Corso

I prefer that Argentina wins the World Cup. Messi deserves it for all he has done in football. He's my friend, I wish him the best — Neymar

We live in a society that only embraces success and that is who we are. It takes a great deal of inner strength to deal with the time commitment of coaching when very little seems to be accomplished. — George M. Gilbert

The Seahawks defense has to go balls deep to win this game. — Jon Gruden

Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience. — Hillary Clinton

Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire. — Bear Bryant

I'd rather lose and live in Provo than win and live in Laramie — LaVell Edwards

I suppose I'm happy when I know I've given a horse a good ride, no matter where it is. I like playing golf in the summer; I'm happy when I hit a good shot, and I enjoy watching Arsenal playing beautiful football, but overall I can't believe you can be happy when you're not winning. I honestly can't accept that. — Tony McCoy

A team goal requires a team effort. — George M. Gilbert

The great cancer facing all of us during this 'new millennium' is entitlement. — George M. Gilbert

We haven't scored which means you haven't got a chance of winning. — Bobby Robson

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses. — Glenn Hoddle

Things that aren't important, that have nothing to do with winning and losing, don't have to be a rule. — Peter Richmond

I know what it takes to win. If I can sell them on what it takes to win, then we are not going to lose too many football games. — Bear Bryant

It is annoying. The work we do is not getting the credit it deserves because we are not winning silverware. It is unfair because I think we have more merit as a club than those who have built their teams with millions of pounds whereas Arsenal have brought in young footballers, who have come here to play a certain kind of football and who have developed. — Samir Nasri

The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win. — Roy Keane

Winning is not everything it is the only thing — Vince Lombardi

The third year at a school for any head coach is the most important year for the program they are attempting to develop. — George M. Gilbert

I wrestled and played football in high school and in my last year, I started as a wrestler and actually had a fairly good record. But I hated to lose. I always gave it everything I had which, unfortunately, was not as much as I'd hoped for. But keep in mind, I feel like I got the most out of my ability. One moment that was special above all the rest was winning my last bout at the Naval Academy to finish the entire summer undefeated. That was thrilling, but what's more, it helped me in prison because the first time I got knocked around by the Vietnamese, it did not come as a total shock. — John McCain

Systems don't win, players do. — Marv Levy

The offense sells tickets and the defense wins the games. — Lindsey Nelson

I have never asked to be the highest-paid coach in football. I have never asked to be paid like a Super Bowl-winning coach. I have never asked for more power. — Jim Harbaugh

Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated. — Megan McCafferty

Tom Coughlin is great with the players and he is what you see with the media. He's a good guy and he's a fun guy, but at the same time he's a serious guy when it comes to winning and it comes to football. — Michael Strahan

Winning all the time is not necessarily good. — John Toshack

Winning isn't imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is. — Bear Bryant

You don't have to win it, just don't lose it. — Ray Lewis

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning. — Alan Shearer

I could barely speak after I was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. I was going to play for the defending Super Bowl champions ... I immediately thought of all the great players on the team. I was in awe, as I had watched these soon-to-be legends play on television. They epitomized for me what football was all about: the love of the game, the professional approach, and the desire to win. — Jerry Rice

Supporters have every divine right to slag your players off when they're not winning games. — Dean Windass

You can win the Champions League in the worst season. — Roberto Di Matteo

Four wins in four matches. It could not be better ... the world is fantastic. — Jose Mourinho

Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can. — Fergus McCann

I love football and I love winning, and when things aren't going right I get annoyed. — David Beckham

The bottom line is winning. I want to do what we need to do to win football games. — Mike Singletary

That win means so much. They got back into the game but I think we showed today that we want to go to the wire. We want to go all the way. — Steven Gerrard

For many years, Darrel Royal was the football coach for the University of Texas at Austin. They always had great teams and winning records. Sometimes, however, when they won a close game, a sportswriter would suggest that while the Longhorns were skilled, they had been lucky on that day. Hearing it one time too often, Coach Royal finally said, "Luck is partly the residue of design, the simple act of being prepared for luck when it arrives." And there is something else to luck, Royal said - luck follows speed. Move, and luck finds you. Move quickly, and it finds you more often. — Mac Anderson

If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me. — Alex Ferguson

In the game of football, you least complain, shout, talk or blame your opponents or the referee continuously throughout the game just because of your opponents opposition, strength or antics to ensure that you lose focus and lose the game; winning the game is your true aim. Such is life! You must do all you ought to do to score your goals notwithstanding the oppositions and how life will play the game of life with you! Be a goal getter! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

This is truly a rags to riches story which doesn't happen often, but it does happen. Hope is offered to those who face similar challenges that in this great Country dreams can be realized when work ethic and passion lead the way. — George M. Gilbert

The coaching profession has lost one of its true legends. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any other coach when he retired, Eddie Robinson's impact on coaching and the game of football went far beyond wins and losses. He brought a small school in northern Louisiana from obscurity to nationwide, if not worldwide, acclaim and touched the lives of hundreds and hundreds of young men in his 57 years at Grambling. That will be his greatest legacy. — Grant Teaff

If someone gave the Russians a football, they'd win the Super Bowl in two years. — Frank Mahovlich

I'm very honest and I know where I am. If you look at the table and the games we have got left to win, we need a miracle. — Gus Poyet

We have got a problem winning games in the league. We have to educate ourselves and maybe we have to not play the lovely football that we have been. — Kenny Dalglish

My name is not only Archie Griffin, it's two-time Heisman trophy winner Archie Griffin. Once you win the award it's with you for the rest of your life, and I realize that and I'm proud of that. It changed my life. — Archie Griffin

We didn't win a Super Bowl together, and that's something I'll always regret - not knowing what that feels like. But you and I have won more games together than any quarterback and coach combination in the history of the NFL. — Dan Marino

A win would be better than a draw. — Denis Law

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone. — Tony Dungy

Morality and ethics are nothing but footballs, wherewith people, strong people play to win points. — Theodore Dreiser

Football is a direct reflection of life. There are wins, there are losses; you get knocked down, you get back up. — Chris Spielman

I realised I'd been spoiled at Liverpool. We were used to winning. In Italy I grew up as a person. I didn't enjoy the football, mind. It was very defensive, but I became a better player because of the work I had to do around the box. Off the pitch, I learned about what to eat and what to drink to be successful, and I learned about life. — Ian Rush

Liverpool can play for only five minutes and win the game, that is the way they are. They pump the ball into the box and with good set-piece delivery they keep you under pressure. — Alex Ferguson

We have three kinds of guys on our team. We have guys that get it; they play good; they understand how to play winning football. We have some guys that are trying to get it, and they are working hard every day? We are supporting them, and we want the guys that have it to support them. Then we have some guys that don't get it and don't know that they don't get it. We are trying to replace them. We only have a couple left. — Nick Saban

we first need to get boys out for football and then the plan will gradually come into play — George M. Gilbert

I've got news for you. We're gonna win the game. I guarantee it. — Joe Namath

My favorite football memory isn't beating Florida or winning the bowl game ... My favorite memories are of playing football with my brothers and my dad in the front yard when I was younger. — Eli Manning

What it takes to win is simple, it's not easy. — Marv Levy

The wins and losses are over for Rice, the football player, who leaves with 38 NFL records. He was the easiest guy in the world to throw the football to, ... You always knew where he was headed. — Steve Young

If you are not a part of the solution then you must be part of the problem. I am done with problems here! — George M. Gilbert

I'm not satisfied. I'm still enjoying this. I still feel like I'm in the best part of my career and I can play at a high level. This is what I love to do: playing football and winning games. — Eli Manning

Winning doesn't really matter as long as you win — Vinnie Jones

Coaches must take calculated risks all the time. One thing is to talk about what you plan to do and another is to prepare and then execute a plan toward change. — George M. Gilbert

It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win. — Johan Cruijff

When you think of me as a football player, I would like for people to think that I put it on the line every time. Good or bad, win or lose, I put it on the line. — Joe Greene

If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside. — John Elway

Once an athlete feels his coach does not believe in him resentment develops and everyone loses at that point. — George M. Gilbert

Who will win the League? It's a toss of a coin between three of them. — Matthew Le Tissier

As of today, you do anything that I feel is disrespecting our program in any way, you are gone! From this day forward, everyone will be at practice in uniform as we will either build this program into something or we will destroy it! — George M. Gilbert

When we win, I'm excited about winning. That way, I get the ups and downs of a football season. But I also know that it's never as good as it seems; it's never as bad as seems. You always have to stay focused because you never know, for me. My role, it could expand. So you just got to always be ready. — Tim Tebow

I felt that we couldn't win the game. It was absolutely shocking. — Martin O'Neill

Not to win is guttering. — Mark Noble

I don't think it's fair to 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds to say 'Show us you're a winner right now!' Winning isn't everything. I'll never buy that thing that if a boy loses a football game, he's a loser in life. — Joe Paterno

Austin, Texas, and Columbus, Ohio, are the two toughest communities in which you have to put together a winning football team. They are both big metropolitan areas without professional football and major league baseball to sidetrack them. — Brent Musburger

America is a country built on unity, hard work and diligent pursuit of personal goals leading to collective success. — George M. Gilbert

What I do as an individual player is only important if it helps the team to win. That is the most important thing. — Cristiano Ronaldo

Don't tell those coming in the final result of that fantastic match, but let's just have another look at Italy's winning goalo. — David Coleman

If you said, 'What is the most important aspect of winning football games?' I don't think I could give you an answer to that question. — Cris Collinsworth

If you don't score you are not going to win a match. — Bobby Robson

Tee Vee football: one team wins, one team loses
they tie
who cares? And why? — Edward Abbey

As you understand the game of football, you understand that it is about wins and losses. — Tyrone Willingham

It never changes. Football is a game of repetition, mental and physical. You may try to articulate it a little different, but it's the same thing: Get better players, make fewer mistakes, and drill the fundamentals into your players' heads. The rest of it is a joke. Teams aren't winning because of what they had for breakfast of what some coach said in the locker room. — Barry Switzer