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> [You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/you-fail-all-the-time-but-you-aren-t-a-failure-until-you-start/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

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## More by Bum Phillips

> [I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/i-d-rather-have-preparation-than-motivation-everyone-likes-to-play/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/dallas-cowboys-may-be-america-s-team-but-the-houston-oilers-are-texas/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [Respect all. Fear none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/respect-all-fear-none/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [The film looks suspiciously like the game itself!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/the-film-looks-suspiciously-like-the-game-itself/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/i-know-why-we-lost-the-civil-war-we-must-have-had-the-same-officials/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [An expert is an ordinary fella away from home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/an-expert-is-an-ordinary-fella-away-from-home/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/the-trouble-with-most-coaches-is-that-they-start-with-the-assumption/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/you-don-t-know-a-ladder-has-splinters-until-you-slide-down-it/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too. (When asked if he noticed how slowly Earl Campbell got up after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/yep-and-i-noticed-how-slowly-he-went-down-each-time-too-when-asked-if/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [Loyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/loyalty-up-and-down-the-line-that-s-one-quality-an-organization-must/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/i-don-t-mind-people-thinking-i-m-stupid-but-i-don-t-want-to-give-them/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/i-never-scrimmage-oilers-against-oilers-what-for-houston-isn-t-on-our/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [I don't need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/i-don-t-need-the-news-if-they-have-a-war-i-figure-someone-will-tell-me/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/i-always-thought-i-could-coach-i-just-thought-people-were-poor-judges/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

> [Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bum-phillips/yeah-that-test-says-he-s-dumb-as-a-fence-post-but-when-he-hits-he/)

[Bum Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bum-phillips/)

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