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Steve Spurrier

(1945) American Football Coach

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Steve Spurrier is an American football coach, best known for Head ball coach.

Quick Facts About Steve Spurrier

Born: April 20, 1945
Profession: American Football Coach
Notable works: Head ball coach

About Steve Spurrier

Stephen Orr Spurrier is an American retired football coach and player, who is also commonly referred to by his nicknames, the Head Ball Coach or the ol' Ball Coach. Spurrier was a college football quarterback with the Florida Gators, where he won the 1966 Heisman Trophy. The San Francisco 49ers selected him in the first round of the 1967 NFL draft, and he spent a decade playing in the National Football League (NFL) mainly as a backup quarterback and punter. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1986.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Steve Spurrier

I don't think telling the truth ever gets anyone in trouble in the long run. Maybe the day after, but not in…

Long

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I do have some young coaches, but I don't really believe that is the biggest problem we have here.

Believe

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You know what FSU stands for, don't you? Free Shoes University.

College football

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Coaching to me is correcting mistakes and trying to get your players to think. If raising your voice occasionally gets them to…

Coaching

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So you get two good hours on the field about every day, you get about an hour and a half in the…

Coaches

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Football players are busy (with) study halls and tutoring. Well, anyway, at South Carolina they are. I don't know about all these…

Ball player

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I do get away maybe a little bit more than most coaches do, but that seems to have worked for me in…

Bits

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You can't spell Citrus without UT

Citrus

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In the offseason, why can't it be a little lighter? It's not life or death. I try to have a little fun,…

Comment

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We're not anxious to play L.S.U. again.

Anxiety

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Number two, we're going to play with a lot of effort. Our guys are going to be in such good shape that…

Effort

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I really believe everything is here for us to be very successful.

Believe

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What I've been telling everyone that loves Carolina football is that we are going to put a team out there that, number…

Able

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I don't want to coach too far into my 60s. By then, I'll be playing golf four or five times a week.

Coach

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Our coaches want to be a part of South Carolina football when they win it for the first time. When they win…

Carolina

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Recruiting can be a little deceiving at times. You never know what you've got until you really, really play it out.

Deceiving

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I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we…

Coaching

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You keep playing, you get a lead and build on it. People get mad when you keep playing, but that's part of…

Games

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He was the unloving father that I never had, but I still craved his acceptance.

Acceptance

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I don't know. I always sort of liked playing [Georgia] that second game because you could always count on them having two…

College football

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A swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and…

Alive

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But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the…

Coaches

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Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all.

Fun

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Will be the 14th time I've coached in Neyland Stadium. ... I've coached there more than some of their head coaches.

Coaches

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The Pope is 77 years old and he's in charge of a billion people. All I have to do is put 11…

Billions

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