Tom Osborne Quotes

• Work hard, stay focused and surround yourself with good people.

  Tom Osborne

  Basketball, Hard Work, People

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• The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

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  Nfl, Odds, Relax

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• Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some of these over the years, and I can answer without batting an eye: No. Accomplishments, applause, awards and fortune are rewards that often come as the result of hard work and a determined spirit, but there is something bigger. Something better. Something that will outlast the winningest season, the plushest corner office, the heftiest bonus and the loudest cheers. That something can only be found when we look beyond the final score.

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  Cheer, Blessed, Hard Work

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• My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season.

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  Jobs, Hardest Job, People

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• Know how to win and how to lose and be able to handle adversity.

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  Basketball, Adversity, Winning

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• I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

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  Inspirational, Sports, Volleyball

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• Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.

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  Basketball, Spiritual, Philosophy

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• You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely

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  Years, Use, Want

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• As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

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  Educational, Player, College

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• Everybody's got to do what they've got to do.

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  Nfl

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• Our people were not happy. I knew at some point we were going to win. It's a little unfair, but that's the reality. To some degree, it became a one-game season for some folks.

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  Winning, Reality, Games

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• I still miss the players and I miss the game and the strategy. The first couple years were really difficult. Now I realize I'll never coach again. It's still hard to go into the stadium on a game day, because it's hard to just be a fan. But it's easier now than it was the first two or three years.

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  Couple, Player, Games

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• We are probably hitting more this week than we ever have, just to see, ... We have 40 kids out there, and it is pretty competitive. So we have some kids we can put in, but they are going to have a lack of experience.

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  Kids, Hitting, Week

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• It is important that voters be as informed as possible when they enter the polls May 9 to determine who has the experience, integrity and vision to lead Nebraska to excellence.

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  Integrity, Excellence, Vision

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• When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement

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  Missing You, Player, Games

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• I'll bring in outsiders to evaluate state agencies. They can sometimes see what we can't.

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  Agency, Outsiders, Sometimes

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• By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.

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  Done, Lockers, Rooms

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• Orlando... So many courses & great deals, especially in the summer!

  Tom Osborne

  Summer, Orlando, Deals

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