“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.” IfsWantNeedsBelieveWellsEndsPlayCharacterBodyWinningI BelieveSportsDealsExistenceStudySacrificeFootballMastersStandingI Believe InIntellectSoccerServantRoughSoleSuccess In LifeAthleticDelightedManlyDegeneratesProficiencyAthleticism Book:Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children Source: Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children
“Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.” SelfHardSportsSacrificeFootballHard WorkAuthorityRespectPerseveranceDenialNflCoachingHard TimesMotivational SportsDedicationNot Giving UpAthleticAmerican FootballBest FootballFootball PlayerFootball GameSelf-denialInspiring FootballAthlete MotivationalInspirational FootballBest SportsPro FootballSoccer PlayerFootball CoachBest AthleteInspirational PerseveranceSports FootballSports CoachGreat FootballFootball MotivationMotivational BaseballMotivational FootballAthletic MotivationalHardwork And DeterminationNfl FootballInspirational Football CoachDedication And PerseveranceNfl PlayersSelf PerseveranceBaseball CoachPerseverance In LoveFamous CoachPrice Of SuccessHard Work And DedicationPerseverance And Hard WorkPerseverance SportsFootball LeadershipHard Work And PersistenceWork DedicationHard Work DedicationMonday Night FootballGridiron Author:Vince Lombardi
“I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.” PeopleMadePlayDreamWantedSacrificeAchieveChangedFootballMy FriendsMy FamilyLeavingNew LifeArgentina Author:Lionel Messi
“I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess.” NightAcceptingBoysSacrificeTeamFootballTownsOfferingGoddessCaptainsSaturdayCompetingDestinedCollectingSaturday NightFootball TeamInspirational TeamPromExcursions Author:Elizabeth Wurtzel
“A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.” IfsMenWantLifeInspirationalBelieveLittlesDoneMotivationalPayCourageSacrificeFootballWillingInspirational LifeDeterminationEncouragementCoachingBelieve In YourselfLittle ThingsWorthwhileDedicationThings In LifeBelieve In YouIf You BelievePay The PriceWill And DeterminationDetermination MotivationalDetermination PerseverancePerseverance And DeterminationGreat PerseveranceGreat DeterminationDrive And SuccessMotivation And DeterminationGreat CoachingLife DeterminationMotivational AchievementCourage And DeterminationIndividual EffortDrive And DeterminationMotivational WrestlingPerseverance MotivationalMotivation And DriveGroup EffortFamous CoachWorthwhile ThingsDedication And DeterminationWinning Isn't EverythingIf You Believe In YourselfLittle Things In LifeSingleness Of PurposeInspirational Believe In YourselfDoubting YourselfLife Yourself Book:What it Takes to be Number One Source: What it Takes to be Number One