Don Shula Quotes

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• My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.
• One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.
• I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
• You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.
• The start is what stops most people.
• You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you…
• Some clubs want to win so much they'll do anything to get it. Our approach has been just the opposite. We've tried to do things…
• Failure isn't fatal, and success isn't final.
• If you're going to take gambles, you must have one thing: self-confidence.
• You know it's only 50 miles but I've relished every moment of the longer route to get here. Thanks for letting me reflect on those…
• When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.
• The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
• Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.
• And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season.
• The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have…
• The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything…
• And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.
• As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how…
• I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time…
• The problem with most leaders today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something, and convictions provide that direction. If you don't…

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