Chuck Noll Quotes

Good things come to those who hustle.

Being stubborn is a virtue when you’re right; it’s only a character flaw when you’re wrong.

The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn’t in the winning, it’s in the doing.

On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.

Some citizens are so good that nothing a leader can do will make them better. Others are so incorrigible that nothing can be done to improve them. But the great bulk of the people go with the moral tide of the moment. The leader must help create that tide. Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They’ll give me plenty of wisdom.

Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.

The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead.

Leaving the game plan is a sign of panic, and panic is not in our game plan.

Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.

If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.

You can’t make a great play until you first do it in practice.

As you gain experience, you mature as an individual, and along with that comes the confidence that you have the ability to solve problems.