Jim Harbaugh quotes

Honestly I knew from the very youngest age that I was going to play football, then coach, then die. I never thought about a deviation from that plan.

My mom drew a line in the sand and said they would not be putting me on Ritalin. My mom liked my competitive nature, and she stood up for me.

When we were growing up, my dad would play catch with us, he would take us to games, and most of all he believed in us. We grew up just like him.

I respect so many people in football. There is so many coaches and people that I trust and respect, and get their advice and take very serious when they recommend somebody.

Most people think of January 1st as the start of a new year. To people who espouse to Catholicism and Christianity, they might correlate that with the birth of Christ. Us in football, the start of spring practice and the first day of summer training camp are what you look at as the New Year with fireworks going off, it's your birthday.

We talk about sanctity of life, yet we live in a society that aborts babies. There can't be anything more horrendous.

I wake up before the end of it. Honest. Cross my heart. That's how my football dreams always go.

When I have football dreams, they always finish with a drive at the end of the game. And I'm always playing - I never dream of football where I coach - but I'm not always playing for the same team. Sometimes I'm like a 50-year-old man. Sometimes I'm back in college.

It's like the human body. What a tremendous organism. It actually craves contact. It likes contact. It craves it, as opposed to a car. If you backed into a brick wall, that would cause at least $2,000 worth of damage. It doesn't have the ability to repair itself or callus over, but the human body does.

Speeches? I don't ever feel like I'm giving a speech. I don't look at myself as a motivational speaker.

COVID is part of our society. Wasn't caused by football or caused by sports.

I respect so many people in football. There is so many coaches and people that I trust and respect, and get their advice and take very serious when they recommend somebody.

Certain people, coaches, have a profound, positive outcome on somebody's life. And Al Davis had a profound, positive outcome on my life.

Have an attitude of gratitude.