Jimmy Johnson Quotes

I love sports, and when I was playing soccer, I was always trying to be the leader on the team and the one who takes control.

We're in a leadership position in sports. People look up to the National Football League.

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

As a quarterback, obviously, you're going to be put in the forefront whether you like it or not, and if you're not then you're not doing your job.

I hope I help lead my son's high school team to a state championship by the time I'm 45. I don't think I'm gonna have a helmet on when I'm 45.

I have always said that managers stay in a job when they win football matches.

I want to be a starter in this league.

Quarterbacks are leaders; it is what it is.

All the managers in the world are here to win games.

I loved captaining and trying to win games - but I wasn't enjoying batting any more.

My goal is to play a lot, more often, and to be a leader.

Arsenal is a team that needs good footballers and leaders on the field.

My ambition is to work to improve my players.

The leadership aspect of U.S.A. basketball has really helped me out a lot.

It's a special honor to be one of the leaders of this football team. But I said it once, I'll say it again, no one person wins a game by themselves. Individually, it's top of the mountain, my sport, my profession. It's what you dream about as a kid.

You would not want me on your football team.

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

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

When I'm out on the football field, I have so much confidence in what I'm doing.

Sometimes I miss coaching, but often things are not how they appear in football.

I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant.

Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.

I know when I have kids, when I'm older, I'm going to encourage them to play sports because I think it teaches you a lot. It teaches you discipline, teamwork, and that there's really no 'I' in team.