1.
You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.
Bum Phillips
2.
Respect all. Fear none.
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3.
Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.
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4.
Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.
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5.
When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him.
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6.
Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.
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7.
Hear about the Californian terrorist that tried to blow up a bus? Burned his lips on the exhaust pipe. He can take his'n and beat your'n, then he can take your'n and beat his'n.
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8.
How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.
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9.
Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.
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10.
There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.
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11.
Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.
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12.
I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.
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13.
He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll.
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14.
You don't win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes.
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15.
Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.
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16.
Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.
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17.
I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials.
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18.
I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.
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19.
That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)
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20.
The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.
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21.
The film looks suspiciously like the game itself!
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22.
You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.
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23.
Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.
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24.
If I drop dead tomorrow, at least I’ll know I died in good health.
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25.
I done drew the line. Just like the Alamo. You're either on one side of the line or the other. I don't want to ever leave Texas again.
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26.
Mama always said that if it can't rain on you, you're indoors.
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27.
Loyalty, up and down the line. That's one quality an organization must have to be successful.
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28.
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.)
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29.
I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)
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30.
I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.
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31.
The road to the Super Bowl runs
through Pittsburgh, sooner or later you've got to go to Pittsburgh.
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32.
The harder we played, the behinder we got.
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33.
I don't need the news. If they have a war, I figure someone will tell me.
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34.
The trouble with most coaches is that they start with the assumption that everybody is a turd. And that ain't right.
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35.
Rogers sees daylight. Campbell makes daylight.
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36.
I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers...What for? Houston isn't on our schedule.
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37.
An expert is an ordinary fella away from home.
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