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
My responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that is going to have an influence on my team.
Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence.
To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.
You set a goal to be the best and then you work hard every hour of every day, striving to reach that goal. If you allow yourself to settle for anything less than number one, you are cheating yourself.
The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
You try to shut the criticism out, but it's pretty hard to do. You see people on the street, friends, people that you know are in your corner, and they come and tell you how bad they feel, and that's not the kind of conversation you want. I don't want anyone to feel bad for me.
You can't play enough golf or do any of those other things that fill that kind of excitement that coaching gave me in the big games.
The 347 wins is the thing I'm most proud of. Nobody's even close to it.
You try to get the most out of the talent. Make 'em work and let 'em play.
We didn't have any champagne to toast each other. But we did have some Diet Cokes up there. We lifted the Diet Cokes.
As long as they stay healthy, I think they've got a great shot at it.
Now he's got the parts to make it all work.
He was a great competitor and what Dan wanted to do was win, ... and as long as he felt he was getting the right help from the sideline, he certainly appreciated that. I coached him 13 years of his 17-year career and we put up big numbers.
He didn't walk into a great situation. Mike's worked hard to get the program where it is now. I couldn't be more proud.