Football Quotes

Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.

Johan Cruyff

Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins.

Paul Brown

When speaking to young people, I tell them that it is important to make sure that your mind is right, so you will have something to fall back on.

Archie Griffin

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.Griffin received the Heisman Trophy as a junior in 1974 and again in 1975 -- the only player to win the award twice.

Archie Griffin

To me, the Heismans symbolize (how great of a team we were) because that success could not happen individually without being part of a great team. I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time with the right people. I had the opportunity to play with guys who made me look good.

Archie Griffin

The thing about football - the important thing about football - is that it is not just about football.

Terry Pratchett

First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.

Paul William "Bear" Bryant

If I was smart enough to be a doctor, I'd be a doctor. I ain't, so I'm a football player.

Dick Butkus

My God given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else.

Herschel Walker

Let's win one for the Gipper.

Knute Rockne

No star playing, just football.

Knute Rockne

Yeah, maybe if we make that extra point we go into overtime ... But if I make that last throw, that's what Brett Favre is all about. ... When called upon, I expect to make those plays. So, yeah, I feel like I let this team down.

Brett Favre

It's the hand we're dealt. We've put ourselves in this position, and we've got to find a way to get out of it.

Brett Favre

We're always trying to find ways to lower interceptions and stuff. My nature, I'm aggressive. I'll take shots, I'll take chances; therefore, you have mistakes.

Brett Favre

I'd write over and over, I will not throw into coverage.

Brett Favre

There wasn't a better teacher or mentor out there than Reggie White, on or off the field.

Brett Favre

With each game I play, each season I play, everyone would agree with me, I'm running out of chances.

Brett Favre

I really believe this team has a lot of potential - whether it's this year or in years to come, I don't know.

Brett Favre

You're never guaranteed about next year. People ask what you think of next season, you have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you.

Brett Favre

I didn't know what to expect coming into this year. There were a lot of question marks, and I think that's obvious now. Can we overcome it? Time will tell.

Brett Favre