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It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.
Oct 2, 2025
Winning would create greater potential for change than talk alone.
There is winning and there is misery.
What you do should speak so loudly that no one will hear what you say.
Systems don't win, players do.
What's important is not the uniform or the number, and it's not what team you play for or whether anyone else sees your value; it's who you are on the inside. And when you're in Christ, that's never going to change.
Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?
Never make a major decision based solely on money.
Football is a vocation and an opportunity for ministry. But it's not a life.
Watch the film, not the stopwatch.
Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too. (When asked if he noticed how slowly Earl Campbell got up after each play.)
The harder we played, the behinder we got.
He got up looking out of his earhole!
What it takes to win is simple, it's not easy.
Expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.
Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.
When it's too hard for them, it's just right for us.
When you have great players, playing great, well that's great football!
I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.
I said all along that God is in control.
The best solution for falling just short of the goal is to focus on the fundamentals but perform them better.
God allows us to feel pain for a reason: to protect us.
The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them.
Security comes from earning it-not seeking it.
Pain prompts us to change behavior that is destructive to ourselves or to others. Pain can be a highly effective instructor.
I've always said winning's the great deodorant, and conversely, when you have a bad record - everything stinks - and everything starts to unravel, and everything falls apart.
God's definition of success is really one of the significant differences our lives can make in the lives of others.
It does influence every part of your life and it influences every decision you make. (speaking about faith)
Never throw into double coverage.
I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else.
Some coaches spend their time trying to get an overview of all eleven defenders. I prefer to zero in on one guy at a time to get the right clue.
A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.
For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this earth. It's not going be, "It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl." But, really and truly what you're going to leave this earth is the influence on others.
This is not a must-win; World War II was a must-win (Referring to the Super Bowl)
God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you want to ring the cash register, you have to pass.
The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.
A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
Being stubborn is a virtue when you're right; it's only a character flaw when you're wrong.
If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
A failure becomes just one time at bat if you refuse to let it defeat you.
If you see a defense team with dirt and mud on their backs they've had a bad day.
I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.
Adversity is an opportunity for heroism.
If we do what we do without panicking, we can accomplish great things.
What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.