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

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

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The tragedy in sports is seeing a team beaten not by a better tea... by Bud Grant

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

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.

coaching player listening

We have no leadership. They rule by herd. Nobody is in charge.... by Bud Grant

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

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.

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.

you football life death

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.

you time football school

If winning or losing is going to define your life, you're on a ro... by Bud Grant

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

never you football death

Cold is a state of mind. by Bud Grant

Cold is a state of mind.

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.

day good you football

You're imprinted in high school more than any other point in your... by Bud Grant

You're imprinted in high school more than any other point in your life.

you high-school life school

Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elec... by Bud Grant

Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elected, and popularity contests.

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.

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.

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.

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