Fran Tarkenton
Fran Tarkenton
Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkentonis a former National Football Leaguequarterback, television personality, and computer software executive...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth3 February 1940
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
business football knocked start time wonderful
What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
sports cheer people
It's a lonesome walk to the sidelines, especially when thousands of people are cheering your replacement.
football pockets breaking-down
When everything else breaks down, I don't hesitate to roam out of the pocket and do the boogaloo.
team struggle greatness
You know, quarterbacks, I think greatness in quarterbacks is taking what you've got, whether it's a great team, a good team, or a struggling team and make them better.
play judging want
That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.
new-york book editors
The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books I've read.
athlete play over-you
Maybe you can't play over your head at all. Maybe it's just potential you never knew you had.
athlete thinking games
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.
play quarterback
Great quarterbacks, good quarterbacks, make plays.
careers television
Television isn't my career. Business is.
waiting good-times right-time
If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.
information different source
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?
leadership sports play
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.
fun motivation ifs
If it's not fun, you are not doing it right.