“You're the only one that can put pressure on yourself... No one else can put pressure on you. It's self-inflicted. For me, I just want to go out and play football.” WantSelfPlayFootballPressureSelf Inflicted Author:Maurice Jones-Drew
“I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to keep the sense of proportion. It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object. I want you to keep in training the faculties which would make you, if the need arose, able to put your last ounce of pluck and strength into a contest. But I do not want you to squander these qualities.” IfsWantNeedsBelieveSelfHardBigsAbleLastsSportsChanceQualityObjectsFootballTrainingMathematicsBoxingProportionFacultyLatinI Want YouContestsInspirational SportsAdequateAlways BelievePluckGo Hard Book:A Bully Father: Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children Source: A Bully Father: Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children
“But I noted with real satisfaction how well ex-footballers seemed to have leadership qualifications . . . I believe that football, perhaps more than any other sport, tends to instill in men the feeling that victory comes through hard - almost slavish - work, team play, self-confidence, and an enthusiasm that amounts to dedication.” MenBelieveWellsRealSelfHardPlayFeelingsI BelieveSportsTeamFootballAmountVictorySatisfactionSelf ConfidenceEnthusiasmDedicationExesFootballerQualificationsInstill Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I'm not saying that people shouldn't go out to football games and drink beer and have a good time, I do it myself. But, at the same time, people are so apathetic and that shows me that they don't care about themselves. They have no self-image. Their image is projected to them via the television and that is where they make decisions about who they are according to what the public says they ought to be.” PeopleSelfShowsCareGamesDecisionTelevisionFootballOughtDrinkDon't CareBeerGood TimesShow MeHaving A Good TimeFootball GameApathetic Author:Alex Jones
“I love the values football can teach. It gives young people a sense of how to defer present gratification for future success, it teaches self-discipline, it teaches teamwork, it gives them a bonding experience that can be hard to find somewhere else, it teaches the ability to process large amounts of information and apply it in real time.” PeopleGivingRealSelfHardYoungValuesProcessAbilityTeachInformationFootballAmountDisciplineTeamworkSelf DisciplineSomewhere ElseGratificationBondingFuture Success Author:Leigh Steinberg
“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
“Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.” ThinkingNeedsWellsImportantSelfPoliticalBeliefPartyTeamFootballDisciplineEasierAgreeYeahMinistersPrimePrime MinisterPolitical PartiesSense Of SelfFootball TeamInspirational TeamBelief In Self Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game.” WantSelfGamesFunDealsCareersPlayerFootballJudgingSelf WorthFootball PlayerMy Self Worth Author:Tim Tebow
“Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as she contemplated how deliciously self-destructive it would be, almost erotic, to be married to a man so nearly handsome, so hugely rich, so unfathomably stupid. He would fill her with his big-faced children, all of them loud, boneheaded boys with a passion for guns and football and aeroplanes.” MenFirstsChildrenSelfBigsWould BePassionFeltBoysRichMinutesStupidFootballMarriedGunLoudPleasantDestructiveSensationsStomachHandsomeEroticBeing MarriedDeliverySinkingAeroplanesSelf Destructive Author:Ian Mcewan
“Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” InspirationalSelfSuccessWinningSportsImpossibleFootballDisciplinePeriodsDeterminationAthleteHard TimesMotivational SportsTeamworkSelf DisciplineInspirational SportsAthleticLoving LifeAmerican FootballMotivational Inspirational SportsGreat SportsAthlete MotivationalInspirational FootballBest SportsPro FootballShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsGreatest SportsShort Motivational SportsBest AthleteAwesome SportsInspirational AthleteSports FootballGreat Inspirational SportsGreat Motivational SportsGreat FootballFootball MotivationMotivational FootballAthletic MotivationalInspiring AthleteAthletic InspirationalYoung AthletesSports CompetitionDaily DisciplineFootball LeadershipAthletic Competition Author:Lou Holtz