Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
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Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.
Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective.
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.
I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.
If you give me anything less than your best, you're not only cheating yourself. your coaches, your teamates, everybody in Green Bay, and everything pro football stands for. Your also cheating the Maker who gave you the talent.
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