John Skipper Quotes

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.

I believe that football can inspire youngsters to find the path of success in life.

I think sports are extremely beneficial for our youth. They parallel life in so many ways.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.

I've grown over the years and I know how to adapt to situations, where I can go into a situation where there's a crowd of people and just take over. But pretty much I'm off to myself. And I'm totally committed to the game of football. That's why I've had so much success.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.

Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes.

The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.

It's important for parents to put kids in positions where they can succeed and to teach competition because competition exists not only in sports.

Even if you don't become a professional athlete, the experience of working with a team, knowing how to set goals, and working every day to figure out how to accomplish those goals definitely gives you confidence to apply those same characteristics to other life challenges.

The secret to success can be found in people's daily agendas. If they do something intentional to grow every day, they move closer to reaching their potential. If they don't, their potential slowly slips away over the course of their lifetime.

Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.

I want to improve as a football player, but even more importantly, I really want to improve as a person.

Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

I have my parents to thank for that, they raised me to be active and play all sports. They taught me the importance of staying healthy, being focused and setting goals in whatever I do.

I was very fortunate when I was little - I played basketball. You really absolutely learn how to be a team player, how to win a game, to accomplish things, not just for yourself.

People are the key to success or extraordinary success.

As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great feat that year, and something I held special. I wanted to bring a championship team to Oceanside High School, and it happened. It was a great year that I will never forget.

I'm going to go out and be the best quarterback I can be and get the most out of my potential.

I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.