A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.
Good things come to those who hustle.
On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field.
Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.
If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else does them day in and day out.
I can’t tell you how much you gain, how much progress you can make, by working together as a team, by helping one another. You get much more done that way. If there’s anything the Steelers of the ’70s epitomized, I think it was that teamwork.
Being stubborn is a virtue when you’re right; it’s only a character flaw when you’re wrong.
Leaving the game plan is a sign of panic, and panic is not in our game plan.
The thrill isn’t in the winning, it’s in the doing.
Watch the film, not the stopwatch.
Champions do ordinary things better than everyone else.
The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead.
Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.
You can’t make a great play until you first do it in practice.
Never make a major decision based solely on money.
As you gain experience, you mature as an individual, and along with that comes the confidence that you have the ability to solve problems.
Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They’ll give me plenty of wisdom.
The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn’t in the winning, it’s in the doing.
It’s not pleasant when you lose your whole football team.
In order to WIN the game, you must first not LOSE it.