George Halas

“Many people flounder about in life because they have no purpose. Before it is possible to achieve anything, an objective must be set”. –George Halas

George Steinbrenner

“Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next”. –George Steinbrenner

Woodrow Wilson

“I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the world… no longer a government of free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of small groups of dominant men”. –Woodrow Wilson

James Naismith

“The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play ‘Drop the Handkerchief””. –James Naismith

Bear Bryant

“I’ll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we’ll be champions”. –Bear Bryant

Jim Valvano

“How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? …I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it”. –Jim Valvano

Paul Brown

“When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less”. –Paul Brown

Rogers Hornsby

“Any ballplayer that don’t sign autographs for little kids ain’t an American, he’s a communist”. –Rogers Hornsby

Knute Rockne

“Show me a good and gracious loser and I’ll show you a failure”. –Knute Rockne

Branch Rickey

“It is not the honor you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind”. –Branch Rickey

Red Auerbach

“He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted”. –Red Auerbach