Fran Tarkenton Professions : Television personalityBorn : February 3, 1940 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Fran Tarkenton Winning means being unafraid to lose. Fran Tarkenton successinspiringhappiness It's perfectly okay to want to quit - as long as you don't. Fran Tarkenton quittingwantlong The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving. Fran Tarkenton perfectgivingmean Leadership must be demonstrated, not announced. Fran Tarkenton Cultivate your desire for success to be greater than the fear of failure; Failure is merely a pitstop between where you stand and success. Failure allows you to learn the fastest; Failure inspires winners and defeats losers. Fran Tarkenton loserdesireinspire Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reaching the top is no less a success than the one who achieved it, if they both sweated blood, sweat and tears and overcame obstacles and fears. The failure to be perfect does not mean you're not a success. Fran Tarkenton viewssuccessmean Profit isn't and shouldn't be the mission of business. The mission of business is to help people. To help your customers, your co-workers, your employees, and your partners. Success is not a number - it's not X dollars or Y customers - it's a measurement of VALUE. Fran Tarkenton dollarsnumberspeople If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time. Fran Tarkenton motivationalfootballsports 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? Fran Tarkenton informationsourcedifferent In sports, teams win and individuals don't. Fran Tarkenton teamwinningsports Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want Fran Tarkenton successpositiveinspirational I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get. Fran Tarkenton What's so wonderful about business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass. Fran Tarkenton specialwonderfulthinking 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. Fran Tarkenton athletegamesthinking If it's not fun, you are not doing it right. Fran Tarkenton motivationifsfun Ignoring facts does not make them go away. Fran Tarkenton nflgoing-awaydoe If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life. Fran Tarkenton good-timesright-timewaiting Television isn't my career. Business is. Fran Tarkenton careerstelevision Fear causes people to draw back from situations. It brings on mediocrity, it dulls creativity, it sets one up to be a loser in life. Fran Tarkenton creativitymotivationalsports Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better. Fran Tarkenton quarterbackteamneeds Similar Authors Buddy Valastro television-personality Brody Jenner television-personality Anita Manning television-personality Andrew Zimmern television-personality Alpana Singh television-personality Alex Trebek television-personalityAll Authors
