Don Shula
Don Shula
Donald Francis Shulais a former professional American football coach and player who is best known as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the only perfect season in the history of the National Football League. He was previously the head coach of the Baltimore Colts, with whom he won the 1968 NFL Championship. Shula was drafted out of John Carroll University in the 1951 NFL Draft, and he played...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 January 1930
CityGrand River, OH
CountryUnited States of America
Lots of leaders want to be popular. I never cared about that. I want to be respected.
Leadership implies movement toward something and convictions provide that direction.
The ultimate goal is victory. And if you refuse to work as hard as you possibly can toward that aim, or if you do anything that keeps you from achieving that goal, then you are just cheating yourself.
One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.
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.
It's the start that stops most people.
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.
The start is what stops most people.
There's nothing wrong with setting goals, but it doesn't mean a thing if you don't pay attention to the day-to-day details.
As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform.
The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.
Success is not forever, and failure is never final.
I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.
The problem with most leaders today is they don't stand for anything. Leadership implies movement toward something, and convictions provide that direction. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything