The best Quotes by Marv Levy

The best Quotes by Marv Levy

Marvin Daniel Levy (born August 3, 1925) is an American former football coach and executive who was a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for seventeen seasons. He spent most of his head coaching career with the Buffalo Bills, leading them from 1986 to 1997.

If you don't change with the times, the times are going to change you.
Age is inevitable. Aging isn't.
Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.
If you say you plan to retire in two or three years, you've already retired.
Great football coaches have the vision to see, the faith to believe, the courage to do... and 25 great players.
If you have everything prepared, the rest will take care of itself.
When it's too tough for them, it's just right for us.
Where else would you rather be than right here right now?
When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do we call this fun to kill this creature, that was as happy as I was when I woke up this morning.
Systems don't win, players do.
If you start thinking of the Super Bowl championship as your motivation, you are going to miss the trees for the forest or the forest for the trees. I never could understand that one.
Bill Polian and I agreed when we first came together with the Buffalo Bills that we'd bring players only of high character to the team.
Adversity is an opportunity for heroism.