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Don Shula
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Don Shula
Age: 90 †
Born: 1930
Born: January 4
Died: 2020
Died: May 4
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Grand River
Ohio
Donald Francis Shula
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More quotes by Don Shula
You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.
Don Shula
The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.
Don Shula
The one man team is a complete and total myth.
Don Shula
I'm fairly confident that if I died tomorrow, Don would find a way to preserve me until the season was over and he had time for a nice funeral.
Don Shula
Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.
Don Shula
When you're there, it's not good enough to be there.
Don Shula
Everything that I have done has always been predicated on doing the best that I can with the ability that God has given me, trying to reach as far as I possibly can. And if I fall a little bit short, then I'm still farther ahead than if I hadn't reached at all.
Don Shula
I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.
Don Shula
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.
Don Shula
Some clubs want to win so much they'll do anything to get it. Our approach has been just the opposite. We've tried to do things the right way. And the right way is [abiding by] the rules and regulations ... I may not like all of them, but once they are [official], we play by them.
Don Shula
And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game.
Don Shula
The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
Don Shula
Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.
Don Shula
Success is not forever, and failure is never final.
Don Shula
To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.
Don Shula
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.
Don Shula
I don't know any other way to lead but by example.
Don Shula
I don't know how to lead but by example.
Don Shula
And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.
Don Shula
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.
Don Shula
