Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Duffy Daugherty

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Duffy Daugherty.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Hugh Duffy Daugherty was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Michigan State University from 1954 to 1972, compiling a record of 109–69–5. His 1965 and 1966 teams won national championships. Daugherty's tenure of 19 seasons at the helm of the Michigan State Spartans football team is the longest of any head coach in the program's history. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1984.

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Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.

Duffy Daugherty

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

Duffy Daugherty

When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

Duffy Daugherty

My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.

Duffy Daugherty

When you're are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. Its more important than that.

Duffy Daugherty

A tie is like kissing your sister.

Duffy Daugherty

All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.

Duffy Daugherty

The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort.

Duffy Daugherty

Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport.

Duffy Daugherty

We like them big ... but we'll settle for players with three kinds of bones - a funnybone, a wishbone and a backbone. The funnybone is to enjoy a laugh, even at one's own expense. The wishbone is to think by, set one's goals high and have dreams and ambitions. And the backbone - well, that's what a player needs to get up and go to work and make those dreams come true.

Duffy Daugherty

Football is not a contact sport. Its a collision sport

Duffy Daugherty

Not only is he ambidextrous, but he can throw with either hand.

Duffy Daugherty