Every day is game day, whether you’re a business owner, a member of a great corporate team or a job seeker looking to make that roster. And in every case, sources of motivation are all around us—you just need to know where to look. At ECLARO, we’re always happy to look to the sports world for words of inspiration, so in honor of (and inspired by, of course) the kickoff of the 2024 NFL season, we share 20 quotes from gridiron greats that are favorites inside the ECLARO locker room…
“Every experience, good or bad, you have to learn from it.”—Patrick Mahomes
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”—Marv Levy
“It's not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters. ”—Paul “Bear” Bryant
“If you sit back and spend too much time feeling good about what you did in the past, you’re going to come up short next time.”—Bill Belichick
“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”—Vince Lombardi
“If you're not gonna go all the way, why go at all?”—Joe Namath
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.”—Peyton Manning
“Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.”—Lou Holtz
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t” —Jerry Rice
“I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated.”—Emmitt Smith
“There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.”—Johnny Unitas
“The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake”—Bobby Bowden
“Success isn’t owned, it’s leased. And rent is due every day.”—J.J. Watt
"If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.”—Chuck Noll
“The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”—Steve Young
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”—Jimmy Johnson
“Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live.”—Joe Montana
“When you don’t give up, you cannot fail.”— Adrian Peterson
“If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”—Ronnie Lott
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”— George Halas
“On every successful team, the Right People are the Answer” —ECLARO
