Bum Phillips Quotes

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Coaches Football Leadership Sports Winning

Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.

Bum Phillips

Nfl, Noon

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You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.

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Inspirational, Leadership, Football

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When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him.

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Nfl, Giving, Firsts

"One-of-a-kind Bum Phillips remembered by family, former Oilers and fans in Houston". www.foxnews.com. October 29, 2013.

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Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.

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Sports, Goodbye, Kissing

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Hear about the Californian terrorist that tried to blow up a bus? Burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. He can take his'n and beat your'n, then he can take your'n and beat his'n.

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Blow, Lips, Beats

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He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll.

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Class, Nfl, Long

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I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.

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Stupid, Thinking, People

Bum Phillips, Gabe Semenza (2010). “Bum Phillips: Coach, Cowboy, Christian”, p.19, Lucid Books

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There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.

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Football, Nfl, Two

"So Far, Ryan’s Legacy Lives in Words, Not Deeds" By William C. Rhoden, www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2011.

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How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

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Winning, Player, Average

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.

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Two, Doe, Kind

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Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.

Bum Phillips

Nfl

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You don't win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes.

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Mistake, Winning, Play

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Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

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Motivational Sports, Fun, Winning

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.

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Football, Fence Post, Nfl

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Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.

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Football, Player, Nfl

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I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials.

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War, Southern, Lost

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Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.

Bum Phillips

Team, Cowboy, America

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The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

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Life, Motivational, Volleyball

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)

Bum Phillips

Football, Boys, Moon

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I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.

Bum Phillips

Leadership, Basketball, Motivation

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The harder we played, the behinder we got.

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Football, Nfl, Inspiring Football

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Loyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful.

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Loyalty, Successful, Organization

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Respect all. Fear none.

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Football, Nfl, Inspiring Football

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I don't need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.

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War, Media, Needs

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You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.

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Nfl, Splinters, Ladders

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Born: September 29, 1923
Died: October 18, 2013
Occupation: Football coach
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