Keith Dunnavant > Quotes

“Did you know Granddaddy was a famous quarterback with the Green Bay Packers?” she said breathlessly. “My friends at school told me he won these things called Super Bowls and championships…” She didn’t”
― Keith Dunnavant, Bart Starr: America's Quarterback and the Rise of the National Football League

“The greatest glory is being knocked to your knees and then rising again. Lombardi repeated this phrase often, until it rang in the head of every single Packer, like a ubiquitous radio jingle.”
― Keith Dunnavant, Bart Starr: America's Quarterback and the Rise of the National Football League

“What he tried to explain to his players was that being humbled—having some sort of setback—was inevitable in life, but that the real measure of a man was how he reacted to being knocked down. Would he wallow on the ground feeling sorry for himself? Accepting his ultimate defeat? Or would he climb off the turf and go back to work, infused with a renewed determination to transcend the setback?”
― Keith Dunnavant, Bart Starr: America's Quarterback and the Rise of the National Football League

“The whole atmosphere was team, team, team,” Bratkowski said, “and that was really refreshing.”
― Keith Dunnavant, Bart Starr: America's Quarterback and the Rise of the National Football League

“Nobody had to say anything,” recalled halfback Donny Anderson, “because nine years of Vince Lombardi was in the huddle with”
― Keith Dunnavant, Bart Starr: America's Quarterback and the Rise of the National Football League