The 46+ Don Shula Quotes

He Wants To Be His Own Man And Be Recognized For What He's Done. He's Not Asking For Anything Because Of His Name. That Was A Tough Situation To Go Into At Alabama, But He Probably Wouldn't Have Been Given The Job If The Situation Would Have Been Different.

And This Year Is Going To Be The 25th Anniversary Of The 17-0 Team, The Only Undefeated Season.

I Coached Against Dave The Last Couple Of Years, And I Was Very Proud To Be The First Time A Father Ever Coached Against His Son. He Beat Me For 30 Minutes The First Time And 59 And A Half Minutes The Second Time.

Peyton Manning Is Doing Things That I Think No Other Quarterback In The History Of The League Has Done At The Line Of Scrimmage... I Just Think They Are A Team Right Now That's Got A Real Chance To Run The Table.

I Always Want To Do The Best That I Can With The Opportunities That God Has Given Me. The Only Way That You Can Possibly Do That Is To Give Yourself A Chance To Go As High As You Possibly Can. If You Don't Have The Confidence In Yourself And You Don't Have The Desire To Compete And Move Ahead, Than You Start To Get Stagnant....if I Fall A Little Bit Short, Then I'm Still Farther Than If I Hadn't Reached At All.

You Know It's Only 50 Miles But I've Relished Every Moment Of The Longer Route To Get Here. Thanks For Letting Me Reflect On Those Great Moments. Thank You.

And My Rookie Contract, My First Rookie Contract Was For $5,000.

Anybody That's A Dolphins Fan Feels They're Headed In The Right Direction.

And Then To End Up With A Total Of 347 Wins, Averaging 10 Regular Season Wins For 33 Years And The Best Winning Percentage, And I'm Very Proud Of This, Of Any Professional Team From 1970 To 1996.

What I Learned From That Loss, And Also Another Loss That I'm Going To Talk About Later, Was That When You're There, It's Not Good Enough To Be There, When You're There, You Better Walk Away With That Ring.

Because, They're Only Thinking About One Team When That Game's Over. Before The Game, They're Talking About Two Football Teams. When The Game's Over, There's Only One Winner.

I'm Fairly Confident That If I Died Tomorrow, Don Would Find A Way To Preserve Me Until The Season Was Over And He Had Time For A Nice Funeral.