There's No Substitute For Guts.

You Have To Learn What Makes This Or That Sammy Run. For One It's A Pat On The Back, For Another It's Eating Him Out, For Still Another It's A Fatherly Talk, Or Something Else. You're A Fool If You Think As I Did As A Young Coach, That You Can Treat Them All Alike.

In My Lifetime, I May Have Put Too Much Emphasis On Winning, Because Here I Am An Old Man And The Only Fun I've Had Is Winning, And That's Ridiculous.

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.

I've Never Recommended Anybody Go Into Coaching, 'cause If They Have Enough On The Ball, If They Can Do Without Coaching, They Should Do Without It. If They Put As Much Work Into It And Spend As Much Time, The Rewards Are Going To Be Much Better In Something Else.

My Approach To The Game Has Been The Same At All The Places I've Been. Vanilla. The Sure Way. That Means, First Of All, To Win Physically. If You Got Eleven On A Field, And They Beat The Other Eleven Physically, They'll Win. They Will Start Forcing Mistakes. They'll Win In The Fourth Quarter.