Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.
— Ralph Marston
Fantastic Inspirational Football quotations
There is no pressure when you are making a dream come true.
God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance.
He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.
Don't pursue a heart that you're not ready to be loyal to.
A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.
Your love makes me strong, Your hate makes me unstoppable".
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.
Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.
Greatness is a lot of small things done well.
Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.
It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that.
It's the will to prepare to win that matters.
You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.
Respect all. Fear none.
Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team.
As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.
My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.
I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field.
Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves.
Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.
Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum.
I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.
Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.
My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg.
He's inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination - but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field.
Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.
Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.
The ball is round, the game lasts ninety minutes, and everything else is just theory.
I love football, football is my life.
There are scientists who will tell you that spirit, because it can’t be measured, doesn’t exist. Bollocks. It does exist.
When it's too hard for them, it's just right for us.
A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.
Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?
I can't tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way. If there's anything the Steelers of the '70s epitomized, I think it was that teamwork.
Make sure when anyone tackles you he remembers how much it hurts.
You've got to take the initiative and play your game.
In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.