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 inspiring-football harder
The harder we played, the behinder we got.
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.)
football judging people
I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.
football college games
I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)
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.
football inspiring-football fear-none
Respect all. Fear none.
football player coaching
Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.
football boys moon
That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)
football two kind
There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.
football blame failing
You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.
discipline last self
The only discipline that last is self discipline.
running pittsburgh super-bowl
The road to the Super Bowl runs through Pittsburgh, sooner or later you've got to go to Pittsburgh.
war media news
I don't need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.
daylight roger
Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.