"In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway."
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"Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks."
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"It really doesn't cost anything to be nice, and the rewards can be unimaginable"
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"I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop."
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"Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships."
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"I have always tried to teach my players to be fighters. When I say that, I don't mean put up your dukes and get in a fistfight over something. I'm talking about facing adversity in your life. There is not a person alive who isn't going to have some awfully bad days in their lives. I tell my players that what I mean by fighting is when your house burns down, and your wife runs off with the drummer, and you've lost your job and all the odds are against you. What are you going to do? Most people just lay down and quit. Well, I want my people to fight back."
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"Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself."
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"If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you."
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"Don't talk too much or too soon."
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"I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones."
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"When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it."
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"If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them."
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"Recognize winners. They come in all forms."
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"If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood."
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"I told them my system was based on the "ant plan," that I'd gotten the idea watching a colony of ants in Africa during the war. A whole bunch of ants working toward a common goal."
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"The Lord expects you to do some things for yourself."
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"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts."
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"There's no substitute for guts."
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"I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent."
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"A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else."
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