Bo Schembechler Quotes

The team, the team, the team–those are the only ones that matter.

Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing.

The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win.

The best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

There’s no substitute for guts.

The only way a team can be better is if each player is better.

You can’t make chicken salad out of chicken feathers.

Nothing is as good as it seems, or as bad as it seems, until it is.

Success is not by accident; it’s a result of countless hours of hard work and dedication.

Personality opens doors, but character keeps them open.

If we can’t win, I’m not sure I want to coach.

Getting your players to play hard is easy. Getting them to play hard together is the challenging part.

To play this game, you’ve got to have a lot of pride.

If you want to play the game, you can’t be afraid to fail.

You can never have too many good players on a team.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

The biggest mistake you can make is being afraid to make one.

Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion; you have to set yourself on fire.

Bo Schembechler Quotes part 2

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

Good players win games, but good teams win championships.

There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

The only way to consistently win is to play your best every game.

Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.

You have to have great players to get great results.

There is no self-pity in football.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.

The difference between winners and losers is that winners learn from their losses.

The only limitations we have are those we place on ourselves.

There’s no use sitting around and worrying about things you can’t control.

The greatest thing about the game of football is that the most important part is the players.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

The foundation of any great team is trust.

The game of football is like a puzzle; you need all the pieces to come together.

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life.

Talent determines what you can do. Motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Good things come to those who work their asses off.

There’s no such thing as luck in football; you have to create your own luck.

Great teams have great leaders.

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

Don’t let success get to your head, and don’t let failure get to your heart.

If you’re not focused on winning, then don’t bother showing up.