Quotes About Lombardi

Coach Lombardi had the nerve to draft me number oneAnd I said I have to repay this man for having the nerve to draft me number one.

It's named the Lombardi Trophy for a reason, because we play and live in Titledown. We've got the best fans, and I can't wait to go home and see those fans and bring home the Lombardi Trophy.

It's special for me to coach the team Lombardi coached.

According to David Maraniss, the author of When Pride Still Mattered, Lombardi's last words, spoken in a delirium on his deathbed, were: "Joe Namath! You're not bigger than football! Remember that!

Men needed the test of competition to find their better selves, Lombardi insisted, whether it was in sports, politics or business.

I think the Lombardi teams enjoyed and wanted to get into the big games.

My father - who was a master sergeant and the toughest man I've even known - next to him, Coach Lombardi was a piece of cake.

I've always wanted to be under the confetti as a champion, and the Packers beating the Steelers to conclude the 2010 season finally gave me that opportunity. It was so surreal, being able to bring my family onto the field, seeing my oldest son roll around in the confetti, having a chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.

We are going to be process-driven in the pursuit of bringing a Lombardi Trophy back to Green Bay.

Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and November mud... He remains for many the heart of pro football, pumping hard right now.

I think it was the preparation and every thing Lombardi represented, you know, about hard work and that every game was important. So when you get to the real important games, you were ready to go.

I think every kid who wants to play in the NFL has a dream of hoisting that Lombardi. It's what we all strive for, and it's the end goal for every team.

Lombardi exulted. He hadn't been this excited all season. Did you see that?!! Huh?! They never saw it coming! What a brilliant call, Lombardi thought—absolutely a knockout punch. Lombardi was starting to view Starr differently. The quiet southerner could be tough and bold after all. Lombardi had underestimated him.

Once when the Packers had lost a game, a team meeting was held and Lombardi walked out with a football in his hand, and didn't say a word, simply scowling for five minutes, finally saying, sarcastically, "this, gentlemen, is a football!" From the back of the room came the voice of Max Magee, "could you take it a little slower, coach?" They said even Lombardi broke out laughing!