Fran Tarkenton Quotes
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The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books I've read.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.
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Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays.
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Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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In sports, teams win and individuals don't.
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If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.
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The greatness of America is capitalism, free market capitalism. The exceptionalism of American business.
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If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.
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That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.
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What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
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The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich.
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Television isn't my career. Business is.