125 result(s) for John Madden Quotes.
"I think that’s what separates the good from the great – the great can visualize it."
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"If you see a defense team that makes mistakes, it’s because they’re not playing together. They’re just up there doing their own thing."
"You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed."
"The best thing about coaching is that you can always improve."
"I think that everyone has a responsibility to try and do the best they can."
"Winning is not a sometimes thing; it’s an all the time thing."
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"The thing about football is that you can’t really teach it until you get out on the field."
"There’s no way to prepare for what’s going to happen in the game, because players will do things that surprise you."
"You don’t need to be in the bright lights to be living your dream."
"It’s not just the wins and losses; after a game you find out how good you are, how much better you can get."
"Remember, there’s no such thing as a perfect game; you just try to be better every time you play."
"I think that any time you can see somebody do something and it works, you gain confidence."
"You have to take what the defense gives you."
"When you’re a winner, you’re always ahead of the game."
"The more you talk about your dreams, the less you’re focusing on making them real."
"Every time I walked off the field, I thought, 'Did I make a difference?'"
"Success is not just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do."
"It's a game of inches, and inches make the difference between winning and losing."
"A good coach is a person who can make his players believe in themselves."
"You can’t get better if you don’t practice, and you can’t practice if you don’t want to get better."
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"There's only one thing players will serve you, that's their hearts."
"I think of football as a game that's always evolving."
"What makes a coach great is taking a group of players and turning them into a team."
"Football is about overcoming obstacles, and that's what life is too."
"The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else."
"I think that the biggest thing is that you can’t play in a game if you don’t know what you’re doing, and if you’re not good at it, you’re going to have a lot of trouble."
"The best part is not the game itself; it’s the fun and camaraderie of being together."
"If you’re going to be a coach, you have to win. If you’re not winning, you’re not coaching."
"Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple."
"You can’t win if you can’t score."
"When you’re in the huddle, you’ve got to talk about the things you’re going to do, not the things you wish you could do."
"A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are."
"The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break."
"There’s a lot of people who are going to say a lot of things. If you listen to them, you’re going to lose your mind."
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"I think if you’re going to be involved in the game, you need to be involved with the players, and you need to communicate with them."
"To me, the best thing about being a coach is you get to watch young people get better."
"The game is won in the trenches."
"I think people just forget that everybody’s human."
"I’m a firm believer in taking one step at a time."
"You can’t consult on your own idea; you have to find a willing participant."
"Life is more than a game."
"I think the thing is that you have to make the most out of every opportunity you have."
"The thing about coaching is you have to always adapt."
"To have a winning team, you’ve got to have the right people in the right positions."
"If you’re going to be a coach, you’ve got to be ready for anything."
"Success is never owned; it is only rented, and the rent is due every day."
"You’ve got to be willing to lose to win."
"Always be prepared. That's the biggest part of your job."
"If you can’t win, you might as well be on a yacht."
"There’s a fine line between a long pass and a bad pass."
"The only yardstick for success our industry has is a guy who didn’t come back after halftime."
"You don’t just play the game, you have to understand the game. That’s the key."
"They say that nobody’s perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds."
"The best way to help is to coach and not to go out and be a player. To go out there and be a player is a tough thing."
"When you’re in the playoffs, it’s all about mistakes. You can’t make mistakes."
"I think the most important thing to be a good coach is to be a good teacher."
"The key to winning is poise under stress."
"Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon."
"I have one simple request. I want to win."
"Losing is a part of life. It’s what you do after that counts."
"The best thing about coaching is you get to see the guys become men."
"All a coach can do is just keep putting players in positions to make plays."
"I think it’s important to be a good communicator. It’s all about communication."
"You have to be able to adapt. You have to be able to adjust to your team."
"You can’t be afraid to fail. If you’re afraid to fail, you’re afraid to play."
"Football is a game of mistakes. The team that makes the fewest mistakes wins."
"You’ve got to have the right attitude. You’ve got to be committed to winning."
"Remember, in the end, it’s not about the game. It’s about life."
"You should always expect the unexpected."
"I think the great thing about the NFL is that it is 100% unpredictable."
"Great leaders are great coaches."
"Coaching is a profession of love. You can’t coach unless you love your players."
"In football, the only thing that matters is winning."
"You have to have a lot of love for the game."
"You don't always know what you're doing, but you know you have to keep doing it."
"If you're not in the moment, you miss it."
"The best thing about the game is that it has a completely different dimension from what you see on the field."
"I think that you have to have a vision to win."
"The only place that you can learn to be a better player is by playing."
"Now, who wouldn't want to go into a happier future than a sad past?"
"If you don't have a goal, you can’t score."
"Success is not a destination; it's a journey."
"The team with the best athletes usually wins."
"Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith."
"It’s not the size of the dog in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the dog."
"As a coach, you have to make sure your team believes in what they’re doing."
"Football is a game of inches."
"Mistakes are going to happen; it’s how you respond to them that counts."
"A coach is someone who sees the potential in you and helps you realize it."
"The hard part isn’t getting a win; the hard part is getting people to believe they can win."
"The important thing is not how many but how well."
"You can't win a game if you don't play it."
"Life is a series of choices, and every one matters."
"All I ask is for a chance to prove that money can't make me happy."
"Stay who you are, and you'll go far."
"In football, you have to be smart, and you have to be tough."
"You have to play your own game."
"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."
"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."
"The only thing that matters is what happens on the field."
"This is a game of adjustments. The team that plays the best in the second half usually wins."
"If you can’t run, you can’t take the pressure off the quarterback."
"The best part about being a coach is that you get to make decisions that impact other people's lives."
"The quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard."
"I think that good coaches are always looking to improve their teams, and those improvements sometimes come in very minor ways."
"Mistakes are part of the game. It’s how you react to them that counts."
"There are only two seasons: winter and football."
"The teams that are the best are the teams that are coached the best, the teams that practice the best, and the teams that are the best at getting better."
"Football is about your team. It’s not about you, it’s not about your individual statistics."
"It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game."
"You can’t put a price on a good quarterback."
"What we know about football is what we’ve learned from a lot of years of experience."
"The best thing about youth is how it helps you shake off the failures of experience."
"In every play, take a couple of shots, and every now and then you'll score."
"I always felt that a great coach can make a team better than the sum of its parts."
"You don’t need a fancy playbook to win. You need a good heart."
"Every successful coach has the right combination of vision and execution."
"To have a great team, you need to cover all the bases, on and off the field."
"Winning is a great deodorant."
"When you’re in that huddle, every single guy in that huddle needs to be ready to make a play."
"The worst sin a coach can make is to lose a player's respect."
"Football is like life; it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority."
"It's not about the money. It's about the love of the game."
"You either learn from your mistakes or you repeat them."
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