Quotes on Inspiring Football

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

If I can't get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond?

It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.

At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.

I found that while life drags on when you're losing, it marches on when you're winning.

We spent our whole married life in the ultra-competitive world of professional football, Lauren and I had always tried to view it through God's eyes. As much fun as it was to be winning, we tried not to get caught up in it. We knew that our family life and our faith walk were more important.

And if God has given you a lot of ability, I believe you should be held to a higher level of expectation.

Watch the film, not the stopwatch.

You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.

What's important is not the uniform or the number, and it's not what team you play for or whether anyone else sees your value; it's who you are on the inside. And when you're in Christ, that's never going to change.

Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.

I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.

Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.

When it's over, it's over is part of football's greatest appeal to me. When a game ends, win or lose, it's time to prepare for the next one.

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

A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.

First become a winner in life. Then it's easier to become a winner on the field.