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In the East, college football is a cultural exercise.
On the West coast, it is a tourist attraction.
In the Midwest, it is cannibalism.
But in the South,
college football is a religion,
and every Saturday is holy day.

Marino Casem, Alcorn State University

 
 
 

In the South,
there are three seasons:
football season,
recruiting season and
spring practice.

Bob Bell, Sportscaster

 
 

Sports And Games

 

Winning

Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing.
        -- Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), U.S. football coach. Interview (1962).

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The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It's nothing of the kind. The game is about glory. It's about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.
        -- Danny Blanchflower (1926–1993), Irish-born British soccer player. Quoted in: The Glory Game (Hunter Davies, 1985).

Failing

Show me a good and gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.
        -- Knute Rockne (1888–1931), Norwegian-born U.S. football coach. Remark to Wisconsin basketball coach Walter Meanwell (1920s).

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Whoever said losing wasn't important was a loser himself. Who cares about the people who took part? The only people who are remembered are the winners.
        -- Linford Christie (1960– ), Jamaican-born British athlete.

Competing

For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name,
He marks—not that you won or lost—but how you played the Game.
        -- Grantland Rice (1880–1954), U.S. sportswriter. "Alumnus Football" (1941).

Great  Statesmen

Face life now.
        -- Bobby Bowden

Today, not tomorrow.
        -- Terry Bowden

Action, this day!
        -- Winston Churchill

Great Coaches

If I am a good football coach, it's because of my mistakes. I try to learn from them.
        -- Steve Spurrier

I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much...Sure, losses hurt, but football isn't life and death.
        -- Bobby Bowden

Great Expectations

It's fun coaching at Florida. All the gold in Fort Knox couldn't get me to go to the NFL!
        --Steve Spurrier (St. Petersburg Times, November 18, 1993)

In Conclusion

A man of Genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and the portals of discovery.
        -- James Joyce


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