Douglas McCarther Never draw the sword of force without provocation- and never return it to its sheath without honor. Football is so important because it is probably the only endeavor where nobody under any circumstances, at any time, wonders who is a Baptist, who is a Jew, who is a Presbyterian, who is black, who is Asian. They breathe together, they sweat together, they lean over and put their hands on their knees, a man tells them what to do and 11 of them carry out the assignment to win. Folks in the stands are not worried about the interest rate, the economy, Bush or Clinton, they're not worried about Monday. Football puts us in a zone where we zoom in on what's going on and thank God, we've got something to get our minds off our troubles.
Football does it.
Mississippi lineman, Jerry Clower, asked to explain the essence of college football Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. If you aren't fired by enthusiasm you will be fired with enthusiasm. Vince Lombardi Success in the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. There are two tragedies in life. One is to not get your heart's desire.