9 Quotes by John Heisman

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    Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.

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    What is this? It is a prolate spheroid, an elongated sphere-in which the outer leather casing is drawn tightly over a somewhat smaller rubber tubing. Better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.

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    Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

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    Don’t cuss. Don’t argue with the officials. And don’t lose the game.

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    When you find your opponent’s weak spot, hammer it.

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