Mike Singletary Quotes

• Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

  Mike Singletary

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.

  Mike Singletary

  Success, Team, Practice

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• I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.

  Mike Singletary

  Believe, Men, Thinking

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• I'd rather play with 10 people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else rather than play with 11 when I know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team.

  Mike Singletary

  Team, Play, People

  "Singletary’s Instant Classic press conference: A special edition blog". Mike Singletary’s first post-game press conference as 49ers coach, blogs.mercurynews.com. October 26, 2008.

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• Because too many times in life there's just one person that I met, just one thing that I heard, one movie that I saw, one song that was sung, that changed my life. So I'm always trying to stay awake to be in the moment, and capture the moments when they come, because they come and go all the time.

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  Song, Always Trying, Saws

  "San Francisco coach Mike Singletary gets serious after the pants saga" by Paolo Bandini, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2010.

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• If a dad does his job, we don't need prisons, we don't need jails. That's what I saw growing up.

  Mike Singletary

  Jobs, Growing Up, Dad

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• I want winners. I want people that want to win.

  Mike Singletary

  Winning, People, Want

  "Singletary’s Instant Classic press conference: A special edition blog". Mike Singletary’s first post-game press conference as 49ers coach, blogs.mercurynews.com. October 26, 2008.

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• You want to learn everything that you possibly can, chew it, digest it, and take it for what it is, and then move on.

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  Moving, Want, American Football

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• Nobody intimidates me.

  Mike Singletary

  Nfl, Intimidating

  Mike Singletary, Jerry B. Jenkins (1991). “Singletary on Singletary”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I feel that a great coach is one that has a vision, sets a plan in place, has the right people in place to execute that plan and then accepts the responsibility if that plan is not carried out.

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  Responsibility, People, Goal

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• I'm sure there's a right way and there's a wrong way. The bottom line is you have to do what you think is right.

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  Thinking, Lines, Way

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• Every day I've got to get up and make a decision. I have an opportunity every day to affect young men and the coaches that are around me, the entire organization and the entire community.

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  Opportunity, Men, Organization

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• The thing that I want to do, the most important thing to me is winning. How we do it, I really don't care.

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  Winning, Important, Care

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• I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if those players know that you don't care about them, and you don't try to understand them, then they're never going to hear what you have to say.

  Mike Singletary

  Player, Thinking, Trying

  "Coach wants to know who bared his secret" by Tom FitzGerald, www.sfgate.com. November 1, 2008.

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• I used my pants to illustrate.

  Mike Singletary

  Pants, Used, Absurdity

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• What made it so special were the players. They were some of the most outstanding men I have ever been around in my life. The coaches were truly professionals. I wish the 49ers nothing but the best. I am thankful to the York family for having given me the opportunity to be a head coach in the NFL. I am indebted to them for that. I am also thankful for the Faithful fans, I am just sorry I couldn't give them more.

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  Sorry, Opportunity, Player

  "49ers fire coach Mike Singletary". www.foxnews.com. December 26, 2010.

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• When you look at a family, if you have a family that never interacts with each other, never has strong conversation with each other, never has disagreements, nine times out of ten you have a very cold family and they're not going to be, at the end, they're not going to be close.

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  Strong, Looks, Nine

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• It's very important that you focus on winning games and being consistent down the stretch. I think that's what we're focused on. All of the other stuff about who wins and who loses and how many wins do we need, if we're focusing on that, then that's not good.

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  Football, Winning, Thinking

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• One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

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  Decision, Want, One Thing

  "49ers take different path, fire play caller Raye" by David White, www.sfgate.com. September 28, 2010.

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• Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

  Mike Singletary

  Jobs, Responsibility, Player

  "Mike Singletary: short fuse and short leash" by David White, www.sfgate.com. October 10, 2010.

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• I am sure there is a right way and a wrong way and in today's life, there are many different rules of being politically correct.

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  Different, Today, Way

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• Players respond to coaches who really have their best interests at heart.

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  Heart, Player, Nfl

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• I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.

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  Appreciation, Nfl, Coaches

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• You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game.

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  Real, Games, Play

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