Bum Phillips Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight. — Bum Phillips

The harder we played, the behinder we got. — Bum Phillips

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

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

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

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

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

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

If I drop dead tomorrow, at least I'll know I died in good health. — Bum Phillips

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. — Bum Phillips

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

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

An expert is an ordinary fella away from home. — Bum Phillips

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

Nothing. And, I don't start before noon. — Bum Phillips

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

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

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

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. — Bum Phillips

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

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself! — Bum Phillips

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. — Bum Phillips

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half. — Bum Phillips

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline. — Bum Phillips

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

Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye. — Bum Phillips

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

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

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

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