They may not love you at the time, but they will later.
Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh.
I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.
It is and has always been an American zeal to be first in everything we do, and to win...
We win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games are won in practice.
Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.
To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution and determination.
It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.
Gentlemen, this is a football.
No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.
I don’t build character. I eliminate the people who don’t have it.
Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all of the needed talents that go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader.
I hold it more important to hold the player’s confidence than their affection.
Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.
Football is blocking and tackling. Everything else is mythology.
While statistics are interesting, they’re all in the past.
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.
In order to succeed, this group will need a singleness of purpose, they will need a dedication, and they will have to convince all of their prospects of the willingness to sacrifice.
There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.