Bum Phillips Quotes

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

  Bum Phillips

  Inspirational, Leadership, Football

  100 Copy quote

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

  Bum Phillips

  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.

  Bum Phillips

  Sports, Goodbye, Kissing

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

  Bum Phillips

  Nfl, Noon

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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.

  Bum Phillips

  Blow, Lips, Beats

  61 Copy quote

• 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

  47 Copy quote

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

  Bum Phillips

  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.

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Nfl, Two

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

  49 Copy quote

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

  Bum Phillips

  Winning, Player, Average

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

  58 Copy quote

• 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.

  Bum Phillips

  Two, Doe, Kind

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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.

  71 Copy quote

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

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  Mistake, Winning, Play

  46 Copy quote

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

  Bum Phillips

  Nfl

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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

  48 Copy quote

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

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  Football, Player, Nfl

  26 Copy quote

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

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  Team, Cowboy, America

  42 Copy quote

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

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Boys, Moon

  34 Copy quote

• The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

  Bum Phillips

  Life, Motivational, Volleyball

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

  37 Copy quote

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

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  Leadership, Basketball, Motivation

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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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• Respect all. Fear none.

  Bum Phillips

  Football, Nfl, Inspiring Football

  87 Copy quote

• The harder we played, the behinder we got.

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  Football, Nfl, Inspiring Football

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• The film looks suspiciously like the game itself!

  Bum Phillips

  Leadership, Sports, Games

  33 Copy quote

• If I drop dead tomorrow, at least I’ll know I died in good health.

  Bum Phillips

  Nfl, Tomorrow, Good Health

  19 Copy quote

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