Football Quotes and Sayings

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s much more serious than that.
- Bill Shankly

When you win, nothing hurts.
- Joe Namath

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
- Tom Landry

Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.

If you can accept losing, you can’t win.
- Vince Lombardi

You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional.
- Joe Paterno

When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman

When it comes to football, God is prejudiced – toward big, fast kids.
- Chuck Mills

Pain is temporary, pride is forever.

We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.
- Vince Lombardi

What’s the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He can lose his confidence.
- Terry Bradshaw

If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
- Vince Lombardi

The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.

Football doesn’t build character, it reveals character!
- Marv Levy

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog!
- Archie Griffin

The more I sweat in practice, the less I bleed in battle.

Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it.
- Heywood Hale Brown

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.
- Theodore Roosevelt

Football is easy if you’re crazy as hell.
- Bo Jackson

Baseball is what we were, and football is what we have become.
- Mary McGrory

Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
- Vince Lombardi

Eat, sleep, play football.

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.
- Tom Landry

You don’t have to win it, just don’t lose it.
- Ray Lewis

Most football players are temperamental. That’s 90 percent temper and 10 percent mental.
- Doug Plank

If they don’t have football in heaven, I’m not going.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.
- Knute Rockne

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but not for delicate boys.
- Oscar Wilde

What about football? Is it a sport or a concussion?
- Jim Murray