A good football coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog and a great quarterback - but not necessarily in that order. Bud Grant More Quotes by Bud Grant More Quotes From Bud Grant The tragedy in sports is seeing a team beaten not by a better team, but by themselves. Bud Grant team tragedy sports If you have something critical to sat to a player, preface it by saying something positive. That way when you get to the criticism, at least you know he'll be listening. Bud Grant coaching player listening We have no leadership. They rule by herd. Nobody is in charge. It reminds me of a bunch of cows. Bud Grant nfl cows football If you talk, you only repeat something that you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something that you don't know. Bud Grant listen talk know you You have to remember one thing: Football is entertainment; it's not life or death. Once the game is over, you're already talking about next year and the draft. It's just entertainment. Bud Grant you football life death If you have time to be with a dog, and the dog is smart, you come to understand the dog, and the dog understands you. They're not hard to train. But they have to be smart, and you have to spend time with them. It's like coaching. I was a better coach when I had smart players. Bud Grant you smart dog time Some of the most innovative things in football I see at high school games. It's not the play - it's when you run it. The right time. Bud Grant you time football school If winning or losing is going to define your life, you're on a rough road. Bud Grant road you losing life Being cold is not debilitating. We learned that from the Eskimos. They could be cold, and they could function. And you could function better when you're cold than when you're hot. I mean, hot, you become overheated, and, you know, you lose energy. If you're cold, you could function being cold. Now, frozen is different. Bud Grant lose better you hot Well 'Monday Night Football,' I think the players kind of like it because they like the attention, and it's a lot of attention. But on the other hand, it's a disruption of the routine we used to have to play on Monday night. If you're a player, you sit around all day waiting for a game. It's different than when you play at noon. Bud Grant day you waiting football It's not an exercise on how to avoid getting hit. I think there are certain safety measures that take care of the mental part of it, with players not looking to hit somebody in the head. They've done that. But let's not take the entertainment value out of football. Bud Grant value looking care football There was a prison uprising at Alcatraz, and I drove the Marines over there in a landing craft to quell the riot. I am the only serviceman I know with an American Theatre ribbon. Bud Grant i-am know theatre prison We never had anybody who froze to death playing football. You probably had somebody who died from heat stroke playing football. Bud Grant never you football death Cold is a state of mind. Bud Grant state cold mind 'Monday Night Football' has the good and the bad points. The bad point is you have to wait around all day, and it disrupts your schedule for the next week. Now you have one less day to prepare for the following week. Bud Grant day good you football You're imprinted in high school more than any other point in your life. Bud Grant you high-school life school Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elected, and popularity contests. Bud Grant interested getting popularity pet Now, with Annie gone, I'm looking for a new dog. I have a lot of duck hunting planned, and I can't imagine doing it without a dog. I'm 84, so I won't get a puppy. Bud Grant looking new doing dog The day after high school, I was off to basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Station. You gotta understand, we didn't care about sports. We wanted to win the war. We wanted to win the war! And at the time, we didn't know if we would. Bud Grant day time sports war I never use the word 'hero' in sports. Hero is way above 'star.' I save 'star' for sports. Sports is entertainment; that's all it is. Bud Grant never hero sports way
