Top 37 Quotes & Sayings by Bum Phillips
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Bum Phillips.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
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.
Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.
How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.
The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.
You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.
The film looks suspiciously like the game itself!
I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.
When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him.
I done drew the line. Just like the Alamo. You're either on one side of the line or the other. I don't want to ever leave Texas again.
I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)
Loyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful.
Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.
I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials.
Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.
Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.
An expert is an ordinary fella away from home.
If I drop dead tomorrow, at least I’ll know I died in good health.
The road to the Super Bowl runs
through Pittsburgh, sooner or later you've got to go to Pittsburgh.
I don't need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.
The harder we played, the behinder we got.
The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right.
Respect all. Fear none.
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.)
Mama always said that if it can't rain on you, you're indoors.
I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.
He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll.
You don't win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes.
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.
I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.
I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.
Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.
Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.
You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.
Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.
There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.
That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)
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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