Bud Wilkinson
Bud Wilkinson
Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinsonwas an American football player, coach, broadcaster, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1963, compiling a record of 145–29–4. His Oklahoma Sooners won three national championshipsand 14 conference titles. Between 1953 and 1957, Wilkinson's Oklahoma squads won 47 straight games, a record that still stands at the highest level of college football. After retiring from coaching following the 1963 season, Wilkinson entered into politics and, in...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 April 1916
CityMinneapolis, MN
You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.
If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team.
Morale and attitude are the fundamental ingredients to success.
Play against the Game, not your opponent.
Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.
Losing is easy. It's not enjoyable, but it's easy.
The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort.
Confidence is the invisible cement that binds a team together.
We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?
Football, in its purest form, remains a physical fight. As in any fight, if you don't want to fight, it's impossible to win.
The man who tried his best and failed is superior to the man who never tried.
If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.
Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.
Every game is an opportunity to measure yourself against your own potential.