glory days
Noun
Meaning
glory days pl (plural only)
Period in which an individual or group exhibits great success and wealth
The San Francisco 49ers had their glory days under Joe Montana and may be making a comeback under Alex Smith.
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I am always giving advice to young players about how things are, how important it is to work hard every day to reach the glory days.
It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.
I hope I'm better today than I was yesterday. I don't believe in glory days or anything like that, so I think the best is tomorrow or later this afternoon!
Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
I was raised in a Republican household during the glory days of "I like Ike!”.
I'm not nostalgic for my glory days in college. It was lame for me. Probably because I had no friends.