Vince Lombardi Quotes

The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

Football is about tackling, about winning the ball.

I don't know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

Football is a game of skill, we kicked them a bit and they kicked us a bit.

There's three parts to football: offense, defense, and special teams. You'd no more ignore special teams than you would offense or defense.

I do like to play and pass the ball. But first and foremost I see myself as a defender: blocking, tackling, heading.

Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

Sometimes in football you have to score goals.

The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception.

You've got to find the quarterback. Once you find the quarterback, you can fix the other things.

Football is the total team game.

In football you have to look forward.

When you're out there, you aren't paying attention to who you're throwing to. You're looking for the guy that's open.

When I get out on the field, it's all about football. I love football.

Football, if we bring it down very simply, it's when you have the ball and when you don't.

Football is a total team sport.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

Quarterbacks are always ready.

You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it.

Football is like war. It's about taking territory.

You have to take care of the ball to win football games.

I'm an attacker, and forwards always want to score.

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming from. Because if we can't get the ball off, it doesn't matter what you're doing out here.

You have to have a great offensive line, great quarterback and guys around you that believe in you and help you.

I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.