One of my all time favorites:

 

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." -- Mark Twain

 

One I use all the time.

A man does what he is suppose to do, how he is suppose to do it, and when he is suppose to do it, 100% of the time. --Lombardi

 

Fatigue makes cowards of us all. --Bill Curry former UK head coach & Lombardi

"Luck is simply preparation meeting opportunity." Ron Meyer (but I'm sure others have said it)

 

"Son, you are so slow you couldn't catch a bear in a telephone booth." Garnis Martin, legendary coach at Bardstown (young folks, use your Google machine to figure out what a telephone booth is)

"Take care of business in the weight room and on the practice field so we can take care of business on Friday nights." Coach TJ Maynard, Raceland Head Coach.

 

The origination of my "TCB" posts. :thumb:

"You don't live in Cleveland!" Sam Wyche, Cincinnati Bengals... talking to fans not players!

Another Coach TJ Maynard classic, "Don't cheat the game." Pumps me up everytime I hear it in the locker room or on the field.

"In the world of a Cov Cath football player, nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and beating Dixie."

 

-Coach Tom Eckerle, Pre-Game speech before every Dixie football game.

University of Texas coach Darrell Royal. But, it's often said that Woody Hayes said it too.

 

Actually, it's usually attributed to Vince Lombardi.

When asked to describe the attributes of his defensive linemen, this coach gave the typical descriptions of "fast off the snap...", "...quick to the ball"...."wraps up well", etc, etc., etc., until he got to one particular lineman, he simply described in this fashion:

 

"(player's name), he's just downright slobbering nasty!"

 

Uttered in 1984 by then-Oldham County Head Coach Terry Bean, and still one of my favorite all-time coach quotes...

Nobody ever gave his best and regretted it- George Halas

 

Show me a guy who is afraid to look bad and I'll show you a guy I can beat every time- Lou Brock

“You guys are looking worse everyday and today you look like the middle of next week” Herb Brooks ’80 USA Hockey Team.

Bill Tom Ross talking to his linemen years ago. (All the super glue and duck tape in the world can't fix stupid) ect. ect. ect. Then rolls on the ground with his belly sticking up about 4'.

I used to tell my son this every day when dropping him off to school and had him post it in his football locker:

 

"The legs feed the wolf"

-Herb Brooks

While I know we are quoting football coaches, and this is a football forum, I can't help but quote possibly the greatest coach of all time, and a great teacher as well. John Wooden.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

And my favorite John Wooden Quote: Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

 

 

John Wooden

"Looks like tarzan, plays like Jane."