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" And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game. "
Game
Won
He
" And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000. "
Rookie
Contract
First
" And then to end up with a total of 347 wins, averaging 10 regular season wins for 33 years and the best winning percentage, and I'm very proud of this, of any professional team from 1970 to 1996. "
End
Best
Team
" And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season. "
Season
Team
Year
" Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction. "
Direction
Right
Fan
" Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner. "
Winner
Thinking
Football
" He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different. "
Job
Man
Name
" I can't control the criticism. It's something you certainly don't appreciate, but by the same token, everybody is entitled to their opinion. "
Opinion
Appreciate
Control
" I can't remember missing a practice because of illness. "
Because
Remember
Practice
" I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time. "
Me
Proud
Father
" I don't know any other way to lead but by example. "
Example
Lead
Leadership
" I don't want a player that's content with not playing... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here. "
Us
Content
Here
" I'm not going to worry about the critics until some of my peers start saying I'm a softie. "
Some
Worry
Going
" I never felt I knew it all. I always felt there's something new to learn, something new to do. "
Always
Something
New
" I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach. "
Hope
Think
Coaching
" Losing a Super Bowl destroys all the good things that happened to get you there. "
Things
Good Things
You
" One thing I never want to be accused of is not working. "
One Thing
Never
Want
" Peyton Manning is doing things that I think no other quarterback in the history of the league has done at the line of scrimmage... I just think they are a team right now that's got a real chance to run the table. "
Think
History
Run
" Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal. "
Failure
Success Is
Success
" Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. "
Lot
Bad
Bad Luck
" The 347 wins is the thing I'm most proud of. Nobody's even close to it. "
Wins
Most
Close
" The one thing that I know is that you win with good people. "
Good People
Good
Success
" The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others. "
Others
Wisdom
Inferior
" The thing we found out was, when you get to a Super Bowl, both teams are treated the same, talked about in glowing terms. But when the game is over, only the team that won matters. "
Same
You
Team
" What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring. "
You
Good
Loss
" When you're 0-2 in the Super Bowl, they say unkind things about you. They say, 'He can't win the big one.' And that's the worst thing that can be said about you. "
Said
Say
They Say
" You can't play enough golf or do any of those other things that fill that kind of excitement that coaching gave me in the big games. "
Golf
You
Coaching
" You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance. "
River
Know
Travel
" You take on what's right in front of you. You want to do the best you can with the opportunities that you have. "
Want
Best
Opportunities
" You try to get the most out of the talent. Make 'em work and let 'em play. "
Work
Talent
Play
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