"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
"Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble."
- John Madden
Integrity
"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
"Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
- Joshua J. Marine
Adversity
"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it."
- Epicurus
Adversity
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Adversity
"The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself—the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us—that’s where it’s at."
- Jesse Owens
Adversity
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
- Frederick Douglass
Adversity