Roger Staubach Quotes (37 Quotes)

With DLP Products as our primary sponsor and Joe Gibbs Racing as our big brother team, the pressure is on us. Our first task is to find a driver and crew chief we can build a program around and our Gibbs affiliation will make all the difference. The NASCAR Nextel Cup garage is loaded with talent and dedicated racers we want to attract people who want to win and then give them the tools and support to get the job done.

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.

When we the Cowboys were 8-6 one year, we felt like the world ended. We're learning more and more.

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.

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.

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.

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

I have the same feeling that I had as an athlete. We're just hoping we can be competitive. I'm very much committed to making sure this works. . . . If you put the right people in the right places, miracles can happen.

We'd love to emulate what he's done. He has a history of doing it right, and we're fortunate to be associated with him.

I don't see how that can happen. That wouldn't make any sense. Aikman, Elway, Marino. Those guys deserve to be in right away.

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.

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.

There are a lot of people who touch the customer.

Fishman was twisting Skip's leg under the pile. That's what caused the injury.

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.

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

I would never tolerate a player on my team questioning my integrity. I don't think Donovan should have to, either.

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

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

Unlike other major sporting events, such as the World Series or the NBA Finals or the Masters, it's a one-day event. You crown the champion that day.

That really adds a lot of great luster to this. They have a first-class operation, and Joe Gibbs is a first-class person, ... But I never changed my loyalty. I'm still a big Cowboys fan.

I don't want to be complaining. Paul Zimmerman (a veteran writer) has mentioned that he thought there was a bias, but I don't want to say that because it can work against you and make it sound like these guys are whiners.

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.

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

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

To this day, I don't really know what happened with him, ... When he tried to make a comeback with us a few years later, I was pulling for him. He wasn't the same player, but everybody still liked Duane Thomas.

I'm going to be as excited watching Car 96 as I was when I was playing. When original Cowboys owner Clint Murchison came into the locker room, he was all excited when we won a game and everything else. I guess that's going to be me. It's a different deal.

I was able to talk to him in the huddle, and he always practiced hard and he always played hard, ... So it wasn't a distraction. But he never spoke to me off the field that year. It was a little weird.

He Gibbs still doesn't like the Cowboys. Joe, God love him, but he still hates the Cowboys.

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.

Allan and I played during the same time, and I told him the one thing I really wish I could have done was play a game against him and Air Force. I have so many great memories about my days at the Naval Academy, but if I could do it again, I would have loved for us to play Air Force because I never got the chance.

I've never been involved with a sport where I didn't have some control. I'm going to be there at Daytona, scared to death, and yelling for Car 96 to make sure it comes around the track and finishes.

I think it's a natural rivalry because of the close proximity of the schools. I'm happy to see that Maryland and Navy are finally playing again.

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

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

Discrimination is a disease.

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