Bum Phillips Quotes

You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.

Respect all. Fear none.

Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.

Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.

When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him.

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.

There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.

Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.

You don't win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes.

He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll.

I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.

Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.

Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.

I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials.

I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself!

You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.

Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.

If I drop dead tomorrow, at least I’ll know I died in good health.

I done drew the line. Just like the Alamo. You're either on one side of the line or the other. I don't want to ever leave Texas again.

Mama always said that if it can't rain on you, you're indoors.

Loyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful.

Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too. (When asked if he noticed how slowly Earl Campbell got up after each play.)

I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)

I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.

The road to the Super Bowl runs through Pittsburgh, sooner or later you've got to go to Pittsburgh.

I don't need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.

The harder we played, the behinder we got.

The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right.

Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.

I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.

An expert is an ordinary fella away from home.