Top 37 Quotes & Sayings by Roger Staubach

As a part owner, I'm going to be not only an admirer... but a nervous wreck.

I was fortunate that I was an only child. I had two parents who I really cared about, and they cared about me, so I got off to a good start.

There's always something special when the service academies play each other that's not in any other game. This is not a regular game, and everyone involved knows that.

If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it.

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry.

I have a lot to learn about NASCAR. But I've learned if you have the right people in the right places doing the right things, you can be successful at whatever you do.

It was not a friendly game, and Jerry certainly did not have friendliness in his eyes. He had an extra mean streak that day. He was out of control and probably should have been ejected.

At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time.

Service football is extremely respectable and very competitive. They've won some big games.

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

I hate to admit that. I want to win every race, but I know that's not possible. To be in the top 25 is realistic if we have any luck this year. But anything to be in the chase or something like that is very unrealistic.

Football teaches you hard work. It takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to have spectacular results in both business and football.

In the commercial real estate business, brokers spearhead major accounts. But they wouldn't have customers without the people who oversee construction.

Even though they are paid differently, everyone has to feel appreciated.

In racing, we have a better chance of it happening quicker because we have attracted good people to come to work for us. It's the beginning of a great adventure, and we're looking forward to it.

It's okay to have personal ambitions, but you have to take someone with you.

I didn't make enough money in my sport to retire.

At a car dealership, the person who sells the car is the hero, and also gets the commission. But if the mechanics don't service that car well, the customer won't return.

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

Discrimination is a disease.

I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well.

I've always tried to balance my life with what is good for me but also keeping in mind how it affects somebody else.

There are a lot of people who touch the customer.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others, it is getting ahead of yourself.

In business or in football, it takes a lot of unspectacular preparation to produce spectacular results.

If you don't have trust inside your company, then you can't transfer it to your customers.

All of us get knocked down, but it's resiliency that really matters. All of us do well when things are going well, but the thing that distinguishes athletes is the ability to do well in times of great stress, urgency and pressure.

Every time I stepped on the field, I believed my team was going to walk off the winner, somehow, someway.

It takes a lot of un-spectacular preparation, to get spectacular results

Class is striving hard to be the best at what you do while taking the needs of others into consideration

Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.

Have the right people in the right places, working together

I enjoy sex as much as Joe Namath, only I do it with one girl.

Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

You can never give up-athletics taught me that. You must work hard, prepare, learn from your losses and continue to fight until the very end.