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Learn from everyone, copy no one.
The start is what stops most people.
It's the start that stops most people.
I don't know how to lead but by example.
Failure isn't fatal, and success isn't final.
The one man team is a complete and total myth.
Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.
Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.
I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
Success is not forever, and failure is never final.
When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.
I can't remember missing a practice because of illness.
One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.
I'm just a guy who rolls up his sleeves and goes to work!
The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.
The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
The 347 wins is the thing I'm most proud of. Nobody's even close to it.
I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.
You try to get the most out of the talent. Make 'em work and let 'em play.
If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence.
Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction.
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.
Losing a Super Bowl destroys all the good things that happened to get you there.
Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.
Lots of leaders want to be popular. I never cared about that. I want to be respected.
I'm not going to worry about the critics until some of my peers start saying I'm a softie.
I never felt I knew it all. I always felt there's something new to learn, something new to do.
And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season.
And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game.
You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.
I don't want a player that's content with not playing... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here.
My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.
You take on what's right in front of you. You want to do the best you can with the opportunities that you have.
My coaching philosophy? Determine your players talents and give them every weapon to get the most from those talents.
To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.
There's nothing wrong with setting goals, but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't pay attention to the day-to-day details.
The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.
You can't play enough golf or do any of those other things that fill that kind of excitement that coaching gave me in the big games.
I can't control the criticism. It's something you certainly don't appreciate, but by the same token, everybody is entitled to their opinion.
I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.
Success is the peace of mind that comes when you know you have given everything you have to give to the opportunities that life has presented you.
As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform.
You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those great moments. Thank you.
When you're 0-2 in the Super Bowl, they say unkind things about you. They say, 'He can't win the big one.' And that's the worst thing that can be said about you.
Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.
The thing we found out was, when you get to a Super Bowl, both teams are treated the same, talked about in glowing terms. But when the game is over, only the team that won matters.
And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996.
You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.
The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself.