My dad was a fabulous role model. I wanted to be just like him. Bart Starr More Quotes by Bart Starr More Quotes From Bart Starr Anyone can support a team that is winning - it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage. Bart Starr volleyball team sports Desire and dedication are everything! Bart Starr dedication nfl desire A person can't brood over one mistake, or waste time feeling sorry for himself, or take on any sort of persecution complex. Today I realize that once you have made a mistake, you must accept it, profit by it, and then totally dismiss it from your mind. Bart Starr sorry mistake sports If you work harder than somebody else, chances are you'll beat him though he has more talent than you. Bart Starr effort hard-work football My dad never pushed me but the big thing is that he helped me by going out in the backyard and playing with me. Bart Starr backyards nfl dad Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude. Bart Starr unique attitude football It takes me about a week and a half to really analyze a game - play by play. Bart Starr nfl games play Coach Lombardi showed me that by working hard and using my mind, I could overcome my weakness to the point where I could be one of the best. Bart Starr nfl weakness mind We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle of human altruism: the urge in us all to help others who are in danger. Bart Starr help-others someone better job I was just one part of a great team. Bart Starr just great great-team team I love coming back to Wisconsin. Lambeau Field is such a special place - a lot different than the old city stadium next to East High School when I first arrived in 1956. The facilities were nothing like they are today, as the Packers were in tough financial times. Bart Starr city today love school I wish we could get a national buddy network going. It would be a great thing for the American people. Bart Starr i-wish great wish people 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. Bart Starr man cake next father I had fallen in love with Cherry as a junior in high school. When I discovered she was going to go to Auburn, I was vacillating between Alabama and Kentucky because of Babe. I eliminated Kentucky because I wanted to be as close to Auburn as I could, and Tuscaloosa is a lot closer than Lexington is. Bart Starr go high-school love school I hadn't trained to be a coach. That takes great training. Being an assistant under a Coach Lombardi or a Tom Landry or whoever, that prepares you to do a better job when you become a coach. I hadn't received that training. It showed. Bart Starr job great you training It's a joy to help others. One of our longtime favorites is Rawhide Boys Camp, located 45 miles west of Green Bay. Bart Starr help-others help green joy Going back to coach in Green Bay was the biggest mistake I ever made in my life. I was approached by the organization, and it turned out to be an enormous mistake. I was extremely disappointed. I disappointed the Packers and their fans. Bart Starr my-life green mistake life During the course of my football and business careers, I have had the great honor of meeting and associating with many outstanding leaders. Bart Starr great business honor football I grew up in a military family, so I liked being in an atmosphere where there was almost that feeling. Bart Starr feeling being family military My dad was a career military man, so I had that kind of discipline and training. Bart Starr man training discipline dad
