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Bum Phillips

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You don’t win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes.
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You don’t win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes.
I don’t need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.
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I don’t need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.
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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Yeah, that test says he’s dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.
Mama always said that if it can’t rain on you, you’re indoors.
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Mama always said that if it can’t rain on you, you’re indoors.
You don’t know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.
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You don’t know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.
He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don’t take long to call the roll.
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He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don’t take long to call the roll.
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.
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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.
Coaching is not how much you know. It’s how much you can get players to do.
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Coaching is not how much you know. It’s how much you can get players to do.
How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That’s how you win.
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How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That’s how you win.
Loyalty, up and down the line. That’s one quality an organization must have to be successful.
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Loyalty, up and down the line. That’s one quality an organization must have to be successful.
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