More - Don Shula Quotes

One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.

Don Shula

 American Coach Quotes

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.

Don Shula

 American Coach Quotes Example

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

Don Shula

 American Coach Quotes Football

His delivery was kind of chest-high, ... The ball would leave his hand and just explode.

Don Shula

 

[Marino, however, kept dropping. All the way to Miami's spot at No. 27.] I remembered the beautiful quick release he had, ... (David) Woodley was an exceptional athlete playing quarterback for us. Marino was a pure passer.

Don Shula

 

Then somewhere along the line — and it couldn't have been until late in the season — we realized we had a chance to do something no one else had done: To win all the games. That became important, but if we had to lose, we wanted to make sure that it wasn't in the Super Bowl. If we ended 16-1, the season would have been a failure.

Don Shula

 

Obviously the Dolphins are 0-4 and not happy about that. They haven't been able to put together any drives offensively. If they can get something together offensively, with the great defense they play, they've got a chance to win some games this year, and they've got a chance against New England.

Don Shula

 

They both had to sacrifice, but they finally understood what I was trying to do.

Don Shula

 Sacrifice

That's what turned out to be the most effective thing against Dan after defensive coaches finally settled in as the best way to defend him. Knowing that you weren't going to get him and he was going to get the ball off, I would have gone to a three-man rush and used all different types of coverage schemes with eight defenders with either a man underneath-type [of scheme] with a zone behind it or mixing it up.

Don Shula

 

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.

Don Shula

 Hard