How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too. (When asked if he noticed how slowly Earl Campbell got up after… — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
Loyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule. — Bum Phillips Copy Share Image
