“Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble.”
"Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen for what they don’t want to hear."
- John Madden
Awareness
"I get a certain feeling when I go to Lambeau field in Green Bay. Soldier field in Chicago is special to me. Those are the places that I really like. The stadiums."
- John Madden
Belief
"We will win this struggle — not for glory, nor wealth, nor power, but for justice, for freedom, and for peace… so help us God."
- John Madden
Courage
"When the going gets tough, I'm not always sure what you do. I'm not saying that I know how to fix everything when the going gets tough, but I do know this: when the going goes tough, you don't quit. And you don't fold up. And you don't go in the other direction."
- John Madden
Courage
"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer."
- John Madden
Adversity
"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."
- Beauty and the Beast
Integrity
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Integrity
"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."
- Baltasar Gracian
Integrity
"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."
- Hachiman Hikigaya
Integrity
"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."
- Gintoki Sakata
Integrity