Bum Phillips Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

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

Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Respect all. Fear none.

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

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

An expert is an ordinary fella away from home.

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

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

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.

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself!

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.

Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.

The harder we played, the behinder we got.

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.)

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

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.

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