"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less."
About Paul Brown
Paul Brown — Life and Legacy
Paul Brown was a transformative figure in American football, renowned for his innovative coaching methods and emphasis on leadership. He is best known for founding the Cleveland Browns and introducing concepts like the playbook and film study, which have become staples in the sport. Brown's philosophy centered on the idea that success is a product of hard work and strategic planning. He famously stated, 'Success is no accident,' reflecting his belief that determination and effort are crucial for achieving goals. This perspective not only shaped his coaching style but also influenced countless athletes and coaches who followed. His commitment to teamwork and discipline challenged the norms of his time, as he sought to create a cohesive unit that could perform at its best. Brown's insights into leadership and performance continue to resonate in today's sports culture, illustrating the lasting impact of his approach on the game and its players.
Quote collection
Paul Brown quotes (page 1 of 2)
22 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"Leave as little to chance as possible. Preparation is the key to success."
"The key to winning is poise under stress."
"The only thing that counts is your dedication to the game. You run on your own fuel; it comes from within you."
"You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat."
"A winner never whines."
"I enjoy winning and very much dislike losing- but I did not allow either of them to obsess me. I was a silent loser, believing that if you won you said little, and if you lost you said even less"
"Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins."
"You just never know what's around the next corner in life or business or anything."
"I can't stand it when a player whines to me or his teammates or his wife or the writers or anyone else. A whiner is almost always wrong. A winner never whines."
"If you think you have a good idea, get into the marketplace as quickly as you can, using as little money as possible, and see what happens."
"The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and India. The costs of dams were on average 50% above their original estimate. Some designed to reduce flooding made it worse, and there were many unexpected environmental disadvantages, including the extinction of fish and bird species. Half the world's wetlands had been lost because of dams."
"By nature, an auction is kind of a wholesale beast anyway. You're buying second hand goods, even with the historical, antique or aesthetic value. You look to get the wholesale price and you hope for retail spikes periodically when you get two or three people in the audience that want the same thing."
"I like Modernism. I grew up around these sort of eclectic, heavily carved, baroque, rococo, highly ornamented styles that were in my life from the time that I was a child until now in my business life. So I like clean, straight, minimalist lines."
"Coaches who scrimmage all the time don't know what to practice."
"The test of a quarterback is where his team finishes."
"What we have currently available is what we have available."
"I'm not a big TV watcher, but I know that Discovery is a teaching network. And they've been so awesome to me, I love those people."
"We don't have mad cow disease. We probably never will have mad cow disease, and therefore, it's a non-problem in the United States."
"Real anatomy exists in three dimensions, so any time you can view anatomical data in 3D, you'll have a much more accurate picture of the subject, ... Even multiple two-dimensional CT slices can never allow you to understand a subject's dental condition as quickly or as accurately as a quality 3D visualization."