That’s a pretty famous football quote, often attributed to Vince Lombardi. Lombardi did say those words as early as 1959. But the quote was originated by UCLA football coach Red Sanders in 1950.
It turns out that the famous line was also spoken in a 1953 movie – by John Wayne! In Trouble Along the Way, Wayne plays a gleefully corrupt football coach who buys players in an attempt to build up the football program overnight at a small Catholic school.
I’ve added Trouble Along the Way to my discussion of football movies in my Best Sports Movies.
