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Francis Asbury Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is a former National Football League (NFL) quarterback, television personality, and computer software executive. He played in the NFL for 18 seasons and spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Vikings.

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Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.

Make, Needs, Quarterback, Quarterbacks, Team

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.

Fears, Mean, Success, Top, Views

Winning means being unafraid to lose.

Happiness, Inspiring, Lose, Success, Unafraid, Winning

What's so wonderful about business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.

Business, Special, Start, Thinking, Wonderful

That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.

Judging, Play, Plays, Quarterback, Talk, Want

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.

Defeats, Desire, Inspire, Loser, Merely, Winners

I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get.

Discovered, Hustled, Luckier, Seemed

None of us really pushes hard enough. People always talk about playing over your head when you are up against someone really good. Maybe you don't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had.

Leadership, Sports, Play, Enough, Playing, People

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.

Brings, Creativity, Draw, Motivational, People, Sports

When everything else breaks down, I don't hesitate to roam out of the pocket and do the boogaloo.

Boogaloo, Breaking Down, Down, Everything, Football, Pockets

In sports, teams win and individuals don't.

Individuals, Sports, Team, Teams, Win, Winning

If it's not fun, you are not doing it right.

Fun, Ifs, Motivation, Right

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.

Athlete, Athletes, Celebrities, Demand, Games, Thinking

If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.

Football, Motivational, Play, Sports, Time, Win

It's a lonesome walk to the sidelines, especially when thousands of people are cheering your replacement.

Cheer, Lonesome, People, Replacement, Sports, Walk

It's perfectly okay to want to quit - as long as you don't.

Long, Okay, Perfectly, Quit, Quitting, Want

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?

Different, Hear, Information, Read, Source

The greatness of America is capitalism, free market capitalism. The exceptionalism of American business.

America, Free Market, Greatness, Market

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.

Dollars, Help, Numbers, People, Success, Value

Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays.

Good, Make, Play, Plays, Quarterback, Quarterbacks

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