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These inspiring football quotes feature sayings from famous athletes and coaches. They'll get you pumped for the Super Bowl (or whatever big game's coming up!).
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Play Like a Champion Today is a saying written on a sign created by Coach Bud Wilkinson of the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the 1940s to inspire the players as they entered Owen Field.
The quotation is widely, but wrongly attributed to American football coach Vince Lombardi, who probably heard the phrase from UCLA coach Sanders. [2] Lombardi is on record using the quotation as early as 1959 in his opening talk on the first day of the Packers’ training camp. [ 2 ]
Jackson would call the 1972 USC Trojans football team the greatest team he ever saw. [31] Jackson, who was in his first year in ABC football broadcasting narrating the taped highlights of the 1967 USC vs. UCLA football game, declared it many years later to be the greatest game he has ever seen. [32] Jackson's career was not free of incidents.
The video game Kinect Sports, which has football as one of the six sports represented, has two achievements that refer to the quote: "They Think It's All Over..." is awarded when the players wins their first football match, and "...It Is Now!" is obtained when the player wins with a goal scored in the final 10 seconds. [citation needed]
In 1947, Lombardi became the coach of freshman teams in football and basketball at his alma mater, Fordham University. The following year, he was an assistant coach for the varsity football team under head coach Ed Danowski, but he was arguably the de facto head coach. [53]
In 1994, Muñoz was named to the National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team. In 1999, he was ranked #17 on Sporting News ' list of the 100 greatest football players and was the highest-ranked offensive lineman. [8]