Joe Gibbs Quotes

To reach your own goals and dreams, you must learn how to assist others in reaching theirs

A winning effort begins with preparation.

People who enjoy what they do, invariably do it well.

Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners.

You and I are players, God's our coach, and we're playing the biggest game of all. We have a loving God that made us. We need to get on His team. It says in His word, there's only one way to Him and that's through Jesus Christ.

You don't win with X's and O's. What you win with is people.

Once you have a plan, you must sell it to the players. It is not enough to put it on the blackboard and say, 'Okay, here it is.' You have to convince the players that the plan is a good one and show them, in specific ways, why it will work. If you do, you send them out to the practice field with more confidence.

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this earth. It's not going be, "It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl." But, really and truly what you're going to leave this earth is the influence on others.

I'll tell you what - if you attend a Cowboy-Redskins game, you better not leave 'til that clock hits zero.

The past doesn't buy you much.

It does influence every part of your life and it influences every decision you make. (speaking about faith)

God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.

My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me something totally different that there was a God. He knit me together in my mother's womb. He made me special. He wanted to have a personal relationship with me.

I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out there and dribbled all day long. I wanted to play basketball. Then Id go baseball, and then Id go to football. I remember playing football in a plowed field. I grew up going from one thing to the next wanting to play something.