Football is a major part of American culture. Whether it’s the college game, high school games, or pro football. Football coaches are always at the forefront of setting the tone for their team. Some quotes come directly from coaches while others are just attributed to them. Either way, you’ll come away with football inspirational quotes and sayings that will make you think differently about the sport.
Football Inspirational Quotes and Sayings
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When you are feeling in the zone, there’s no other place you’d rather be than on the gridiron.
Play the game like a champ. Score the touchdown of today.
Who’s ready for a big win! It’s going to be a great Sunday—go, team!
You’re not always going to have the ball, but it’s more fun when you do.
First, you have to play the game, then you have to win the game. Some games are harder than others. #NFL
It’s game day – are you ready?
Pour everything you’ve got into it. Every hit. Every yard. Every point.
The Game Plan: Be Confident, Be You, Be Unstoppable
You’re going to miss 100% of the shots you don’t take—just ask Neymar
Remember, why you are doing this! To be the best at what you love and to push yourself to do better.
Remember – When you kill time, don’t forget to write down what you did with it.
game days are the best, but they’re even better if you embrace the sport and the weekend
Moment of appreciation for our favorite team, who we’ll happily shout about with yelling and screaming.
Get into the game with our latest hits, hot from the bench!
Dress your passion up! Dress yourself up. Dress your individuality up. Go out and show the world who you are.
RUN FOR THE END ZONE! Don’t settle for the status quo. Break free and change your story.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Ohhh we DRINKin’, we DRINKin’ and we LIKE-a that!
I remember there was once a time when all I could do was a dream of playing in the NFL. Now each day I wake up and play a game that kids dream of.
Go long and score with the whole world cheering you on, since it can’t be a touchdown if you don’t go long.
Like you, every player has a story. Some come from humble beginnings, like us. We know you have a story too. One that’s unique to you. Together, we can make magic on the field and in our communities. Let’s get inspired, let’s get moving, let’s make the magic.
We’re rooting for you. Kickass this season, and be an inspiration to all.
Take your game time seriously, and always aim high.
Don’t make a thing out of breaking a record. Just go play and have some fun.
This play works every time, against any defense. The key to a touchdown is deception.
No days are perfect. Some days you’ll feel like a nut. Other days you’ll feel like a fruitcake.
New season, new you. Make the most of it at the barre.
Got a game to watch? Need some motivation to get your butt out of bed and on the couch this Sunday? Here’s some of our favorite football quotes and sayings from around the web!
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Here’s to the great game of Football. Here’s to the sport, the pageantry, and the patriotism.
Let the games begin! Football season is officially here. You know what to do and who to cheer for.
Football season is starting! What team are you rooting for?
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Hey, It’s the first week of a new season. So go out there and seize it. #goals
We might not know what the season has in store for us, but we can be sure of one thing—it’ll be fun! Let’s play ball.
It’s all about teamwork. Even when one of us is on the bench for part of the game, we root for each other.
Everybody’s watching, we got to put on a good show!!!
Gearing up for a great season. Have a happy and safe one!
“Leaping tall buildings in a single bound. That’s what you can do when you put your mind to it.
Because sometimes it’s best to take a moment and just breathe.
Funny Football Inspirational Quotes and Sayings
Don’t be jealous of my Sweet Potato Fries. Whether you’re a quarterback, running back or carrot top – we’re all here for the same thing: to kick some sweet potato.
Let’s go already! This is the perfect Sunday for football
When you run the last mile during training, there’s no one to hear you scream but your teammates. No one else will be able to give you a high five, but they are always there to support you all the way!
So you gotta win the next play. You gotta forget the last one. Any given Sunday, right?
Football is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless perversion of
Ok, you win. I don’t need this Monday night off to rest my voice…I’d much rather have pizza and beer with you.
Rise & Grind Harder: The only way to keep up with TOMS.
It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -Wayne Gretzky
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Football is a complex team sport where teamwork is a must—in the ultimate game of inches, you never know when you’re going to need a big play from even the smallest player
Football is what a touchdown feels like when you’re eating a taco
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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. – Vince Lombardi, Football Coach
What’s more American than hot wings, football, and beer?
Fall is like your favorite movie. It’s sad the first time you watch it, but by the 4th and 5th time, you’re crying with laughter.
Your only fans are those standing in front of you.
Give 110% or don’t even bother showing up.
Who’s going to win? The team that makes the fewest mistakes or the team that makes the most.
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Football is a sport played in the mind first, a game where the players wear helmets and protective pads but sometimes it causes brain damage.
Football isn’t about fairness. It’s about doing whatever it takes to achieve your goal.
Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority
Procrastinators get to finish the back of their football uniform.
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You have to forget about the last play and focus on the next one. Mistakes happen, but the key is to never make the same one back to back. —Brandon Graham
If vroom really means forward, then goooooooodellll must mean score!
Inspirational Quotes for Football
Football is an emotional game and requires a lot of mental toughness.
If you’re going to be 2 places, the 2nd place may as well be the playoffs. #PlayoffBound
Now is the time for us, to be truly great. Make destiny yours. Make history, don’t just watch it.
No matter where you are, or what’s happened, the only good stuff is yet to come.
There’s a fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”
We don’t see the road that lies ahead of us, but we can choose to make it one worth traveling.
If you aren’t living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with your ability to do what you can do.
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. (Lao Tzu).
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Let everyone around you know you’re all in. In football and life. All In.
This is our time, this is our year. We’ll fight to the end, every game we’ve got. Ours to win. Ours to lose. This is our year!
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
“Saying you’ve not failed is just silly; saying you’ve succeeded is silly too. It’s a balance. No one wins every time – that’s not how life works. You are going to win some and lose some.”
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Namaste. Good Morning. Grab a cup of coffee. The day is waiting.
Your self-worth has nothing to do with what other people think of you.
I’ve been a quarterback my whole life. I’m happy to be on the team.
Today is the day to do what others won’t. Today is the day to face your giants. Today is the day to step up, be brave, and win.
“I always want to inspire people through what I do. There are no guarantees in life, only opportunities.”
Well, as my teammate Jerry Rice said, You reach your destination in life by running uphill. So whenever you feel like you’re at a plateau, remember it’s just the place where you stop to rest. So you can move on and get better the next time!
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
Never let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
Aim High. I believe that everything that’s worth doing is worth overdoing
Believe in your heart and never give up.
If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it’s yours. If it doesn’t, then it was never meant to be.
“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.”
Inspirational Quotes About Football
Football isn’t just a sport. It’s an obsession. Leaving your blood, sweat, and tears on the field. There are countless game day moments to be celebrated for every fan out there.
Football is a game of inches. The margin for error is so small. But if you focus on the inches, rather than the yardage, you’ll be surprised at how far it can take you–Weis
There’s more to football than touching the ball and scoring touchdowns. There’s a feeling, a bond, a shared experience between teammates that lasts forever.
Keep going. Keep pushing. Keep fighting. Keep believing in yourself, your teammates, and this team.
The season didn’t start off the way we wanted, but it’s not over yet! Wishing all our fans good luck in the next game!
If you’re gonna go…GO BIG. Make it legendary. Make a play that only legends are capable of making. Prove that you’re just as good as the big boys… if not better.
Be a good teammate. It’s more important than being a star
Stay humble. Stay hungry. And whatever you do, work harder than the next fella.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. But today…today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.
#Football never stops. No matter where you are on the field, it’s all about hard work and effort!!
Tackle life’s obstacles with your head up, your chin down and your mouth shut. It’s football season
“I’ve always believed football is a game of inches.
You were born to be a football player. It’s not an option, it’s a calling.
The game of football had a lot to do with who we are, who we’re going to be, and our confidence that we can do anything.
It is not about how hard you hit. It is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward –Bruce Lee
What separates a winner from the rest, is that winners believe they can.
All through life, keep your eye upon the goal – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Football is about blocking and tackling, the blood and sweat you put in during practice, not your helmet size or what logo is on your jersey. The only thing that matters is the team.
Football is a microcosm of life. It involves delicate, emotional moments which must be savored like fine wine. Drink deeply.
On the face of every one of my fantasy players is written this credo: Do your best.
It’s a game of inches… The margin for error is so small. You’ve got to be perfect.
If you dream of being a champion, wake up and work hard.
“Luck is when preparation and opportunity meet.”– Marva Collins
There are always new beginnings, new opportunities, new jobs to be done.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others MAKE it happen.
Rise and grind #WearTheRose
When you go through life, if you don’t slam into walls, you stop moving.
Not all those who wander are lost. Christopher Robin
Inspirational Football Quotes for Kids
We are proud that you play youth football and cheer with us. We love hearing your voice on the sidelines! Go get ‘em!
“When you walk onto that field, you better be willing to give a little something extra.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Always play 100%, not on the scoreboard, but when you’re in the game!_
In the end, it’s not whether you won or lost but how you played the game.
Today is the day that tomorrow’s dreams are made of.
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Nothing wastes time like doing too much at once. Have you heard about the latest?
Cherish your moments. They’re all we have.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it. – Yogi Berra
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Prepare to win in life by absorbing valuable lessons that’ll help you strive on and off the field.
“I feel that right now I’m one of the top five quarterbacks in the NFL. That’s how I feel, and that’s how I’ll always feel.”
Confidence is the most important factor in this game. When you step on the field, believe you’re going to win, otherwise, you’ve already lost.
It takes a lot of hard work to become a champion. It is the price that all elite athletes must pay if they want to be winners.
Never give up. When you get knocked down, get back up. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something, not even me.
Your team is behind, but you’re not. Unleash your best play to lead them to victory.
“If you are going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up.
The field is the place where some people act like they’ve got it all together, while others act like they’ve almost got it all together. Either way, everybody’s got to play one way or another.
There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don’t mind who gets the credit.
Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. Strategy without character is liable to be ineffective, and character without strategy is liable to be ineffective or even dangerous.
What critics call “rest”, experienced players call “active rest.”
It’s a beautiful day to be a part of history and I’m so proud to be your quarterback.
Football is not a game of life and death. It is much more important than that.
When the team wins a big game, the glory can go to their head. But keep their focus on what matters most by pointing out how they’ve accomplished something as a group.
The best way to prepare for this season is to make sure that you’re always playing your best at practice and listening to the coaches when they ask you to do certain plays. That’s how we’re going to build a success story
We’ve got to keep working hard, and when we turn that work into wins, I think the sky’s the limit for us.
Don’t mail it in—keep making plays, keep running hard and compete each rep. There’s always one more rep at practice.
Sunday. Your weekly reminder that it’s time to put in work.
With hard work, dedication and perseverance, you can do anything.
Our best moments often happen when we push ourselves out of our comfort zones and dare to dream.
You do not develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.
My definition of an early rising morning is getting up before the rooster crows and before your neighbor drives off to work. ∼Thomas Jefferson
Great Football Quotes Inspirational
Football is a game of inches. . . . So is life.
Just when I thought you couldn’t grow any better, you went and did that. Well done, young man. – Bill Parcells
This customer is a family man. He bought our moving boxes to relocate for the upcoming college years for his two kids.
For Beckham, it’s not just about catching the ball. It’s about getting to know the receiver.
In the huddle, I just want to hear people say they are going to give 100%. It’s all anyone can ask for.
Becoming a professional is the first step to becoming the best you can be.
If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?
Play each game as though it’s your last because someday you’re going to be right.
If you want to be great, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do. – Jim Brown
“There is no nobler ambition than that of leaving behind, to mankind and one’s name, a little corner of the earth better and more useful.
One day the mountain will get tired of being hit by stones. They will rally together and tear off the top of the mountain.
The warmth of summer’s past, the coolness of fall approaching, and the joy of the holidays to come. It’s that beautiful time of year: Football Season.
A great game for really big dudes. Football at its finest. Happy Super Bowl!
It’s all about teamwork. It’s not about getting the credit. It’s not about who makes the most money. It’s doing your job and letting the next guy do his.—Joe Montana
It isn’t about how great you are, it’s about how great you want to be.
Get fit, Feel good, Play great. Getting fit doesn’t have to mean sacrificing a huge chunk of time. When you see results quickly and enjoy the process, you’ll be motivated to stay in shape, play your best, and get ready for another big win.
The 2016 regular season started on Sept. 11 in Canton, Ohio: Don’t get it twisted.
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
With a bit of preparation and training, you can complete any goal you set in life.
The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed on game day.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Best Football Inspirational Quotes
On Sundays, football becomes more than just a sport.
To find a good athlete, you must search for a good footballer first.
Never miss a play. Make sure you’re caught up on both sides of the ball.
Good players make coaches look good.
Training camp is officially underway, and it’s time to show that hard work off as we continue to build this team into an elite club.
The hardest thing to do is watch. The easiest thing to do is critique. The smartest thing to do is learn by watching.
It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving. – Mother Teresa
Don’t wait for the lights to come on. Shine your own light and let the world see it.
The athletes who win are the ones who never give up. –Arnold Palmer
The only limits are the ones you place on yourself.
Some people question your commitment to preparing for life’s many challenges. They say you are too eager to succeed. Well, they might be right: You were born ready. Congratulations on being a Baby Boomer.
The best football inspirational quotes from players and coaches to motivate, inspire and give you a winning edge.
On #SuperBowlSunday, we honor the winners and highlight their struggles to help us all keep pushing toward our goals.
Each game is its own preparation, mental and physical.
“It’s kind of hard to respect a man who plays coy about his own toughness
Be in the zone + stay aggressive. Go hit that goal hard this weekend.
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Offense wins games, but the defense wins championships.
Stay grounded. Keep your feet on the ground. Don’t get too high when you win. Don’t get too low when you lose.
Power lasts only when shared by many. We all make a difference. Be the Force