Bum Phillips
Bum Phillips
Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillipswas an American football coach at the high school, college and professional levels. He served as head coach in the National Football Leaguefor the Houston Oilers from 1975 to 1980 and the New Orleans Saints from 1981 to 1985. He was the father of NFL coach Wade Phillips...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 September 1923
CityOrange, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Bum Phillips quotes about
football player coaching
Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.
football inspiring-football fear-none
Respect all. Fear none.
football boys moon
That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)
football judging people
I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.
football fence-post dumb
Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.
loyalty successful organization
Loyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful.
football play inspiring-football
Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too. (When asked if he noticed how slowly Earl Campbell got up after each play.)
athlete houston schedules
I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.
texas done lines
I done drew the line. Just like the Alamo. You're either on one side of the line or the other. I don't want to ever leave Texas again.
sports assumption trouble
The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right.
daylight roger
Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.
football college games
I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)
running pittsburgh super-bowl
The road to the Super Bowl runs through Pittsburgh, sooner or later you've got to go to Pittsburgh.
discipline last self
The only discipline that last is self discipline.