Bud Wilkinson Quotes

• Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Happiness, Success, Sports

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• If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Success, Teamwork, Sports

  Bud Wilkinson (1993). “Football: Winning Offense”, p.13, Sports Illustrated

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• The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Motivation, Powerful, Inspiration

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• We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?

  Bud Wilkinson

  Real, Play, Best Effort

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• Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Basketball, Self, Rome

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• If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Inspirational, Sports, Champion

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• Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Football, Fighting, Winning

  Bud Wilkinson (1993). “Football: Winning Offense”, p.12, Sports Illustrated

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• Confidence is the invisible cement that binds a team together.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Sports, Team, Together

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• You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

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• The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Athlete, Play, Effort

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• Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Basketball, Attitude, Coaching

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• Play against the Game, not your opponent.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Basketball, Games, Play

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• Losing is easy. It's not enjoyable, but it's easy.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Nfl, Losing, Easy

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