Bud Grant

If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your egos are so large that…

— Bud Grant

Being cold is not debilitating. We learned that from the Eskimos. They could be cold, and they could function. And you could…

— Bud Grant

If winning or losing is going to define your life, you're on a rough road.

— Bud Grant

We have no leadership. They rule by herd. Nobody is in charge. It reminds me of a bunch of cows.

— Bud Grant

The quarterback is the most vulnerable one on the field. He's in an awkward position a lot of times when he throws…

— Bud Grant

If you have something critical to sat to a player, preface it by saying something positive. That way when you get to…

— Bud Grant

You have to remember one thing: Football is entertainment; it's not life or death. Once the game is over, you're already talking…

— Bud Grant

It's not an exercise on how to avoid getting hit. I think there are certain safety measures that take care of the…

— Bud Grant

At some point, we're going to have to get to the point where, before you play football, I'm going to test you…

— Bud Grant

A good football coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog and a great quarterback - but not necessarily in that order.

— Bud Grant

If you talk, you only repeat something that you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something that you don't…

— Bud Grant

I happened to be in a position in Superior where I could play three sports, and when I came to Minnesota, I…

— Bud Grant

First of all the name, and the color purple, I think those two things distinguish the Vikings as much as anything. You…

— Bud Grant

We never had anybody who froze to death playing football. You probably had somebody who died from heat stroke playing football.

— Bud Grant

The tragedy in sports is seeing a team beaten not by a better team, but by themselves.

— Bud Grant

Being cold for a short period of time is not life-threatening. You can perform a task when you're cold. We proved that…

— Bud Grant