We have collected 50 of the top inspirational quotes about football, courtesy of a few of the most renowned coaches and players of the last 100 years.
Let’s learn some great lessons in life from the game of football in its various guises (sorry to all the purists, we’ve included a few ‘American’ football quotes too!).
These inspiring and intelligent football quotes are sorted chronologically by the author’s birth year and can just as easily be applied to everyday life. Enjoy!
Nobody
who ever gave his best
regretted it.
George Halas
and pioneer in professional American football)
Show me
a good and gracious loser
and I’ll show you
a failure.
Knute Rockne
In life,
as in football,
you won’t go far
unless you know
where the goalposts are.
Arnold H. Glasow
You can learn a line
from a win
and a book
from a defeat.
Paul Brown
The difference between
a successful person and others
is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge,
but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi
Aim for the sky
and you’ll reach the ceiling.
Aim for the ceiling
and you’ll stay
on the floor.
Bill Shankly
and Liverpool manager)
A lot of football success
is in the mind.
You must believe
you are the best
and then make sure
that you are.
Bill Shankly
and Liverpool manager)
Don’t give up
at half time.
Concentrate on winning
the second half.
Paul Bear Bryant
college football player and coach)
Setting a goal
is not the main thing.
It is deciding
how you will go
about achieving it
and staying
with that plan.
Tom Landry
football player and coach)
A winner
never stops trying.
Tom Landry
football player and coach)
i think those are gonna make me (a female football player) try harder to please a coach that doesnt even want me on the team
very insightful post on inspirational football quotes. Very helpful. These quotes help young people get motivated.