Chuck Noll Quotes

#1. In order to WIN the game, you must first not LOSE it.

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#2. The critics are always right. The only way you shut them up is by winning.

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#3. Never make a major decision based solely on money.

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#4. I'm really not a celebrity; I'm just a teacher.

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#5. I can't tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way. If there's anything the Steelers of the '70s epitomized, I think it was that teamwork.

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#6. Everyone's job is important, but no one is indispensable.

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#7. On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.

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#8. Mamas, don't let your sons grow up to be Cowboys ... or Oilers.

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#9. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

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#10. Good things come to those who hustle

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#11. If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.

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#12. Pressure is what you feel when you don't know what's going on.

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#13. The single most important thing we had in the Steelers of the '70s was the ability to work together.

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#14. Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do the ordinary things better than anyone else.

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#15. I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don't strive for it, because I don't think it's important whether I'm good copy or not. The two can go together, if that's your personality, but every person on this earth is unique.

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#16. Losing has nothing to do with geography.

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#17. Leaving the game plan is a sign of panic, and panic is not in our game plan.

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#18. A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.

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#19. Watch the film, not the stopwatch.

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#20. The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead.

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#21. Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.

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#22. Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.

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#23. You can't make a great play until you first do it in practice.

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#24. I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work.

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#25. As you gain experience, you mature as an individual, and along with that comes the confidence that you have the ability to solve problems.

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#26. It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team.

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#27. Champions do ordinary things better than everyone else.

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#28. I tried to look around to see what I wanted to do. Football was something I knew the most about.

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