The Super Bowl is just about here. Some of us are laying out our team jerseys, some of us are inviting friends over to watch the game, some of us are buying snacks. It’s exciting. Cheering together is such a powerful way of connecting. We might not be on the field, but we are, in our living rooms across the United States, pulling together as a team to root for our guys.
You can’t win a football game without teamwork. The players don’t play alone — alone they’re smashed, dented, beaten, done. But together, having learned each others’ strengths and weaknesses, having found and practiced ways to celebrate and compensate for each others’ traits, these teams find their way to the top of their sport, with millions of people watching. We the fans want to see a miracle — an impossible throw, a surprising reversal, a new record set. We want to watch as the sum of a team becomes greater than any single player, because as we cheer we become a part of that greatness, and because in our day-to-day lives we hope the same for ourselves. We want our families, our work crews, and our friend groups to prove better together than alone. So we watch football for the thrill, for the camaraderie, and for the chili, but we also watch for the lessons we’ll take into our lives.
In this spirit, we’ve compiled some of our favorite quotes from football, and we wish you a Happy Super Bowl Sunday. As always, we hope your team wins.
Quotes for Football, Quotes for Life
“In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.” — Vince Lombardi (coach; Super Bowl trophy is named in his honor)
“It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.” — Bear Bryant (college football coach)
“It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.” — Lou Holtz (college football coach)
“Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.” — John Wooden (college football coach)
“Football is an honest game. It’s a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.” — Joe Namath (quarterback)
“The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.” — Tom Landry (coach)
“There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.” — Woody Hayes (college football coach)
“In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don’t flinch, don’t fall; hit the line hard.” — Theodore Roosevelt (26th President of the United States of America)
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