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Winning isn’t everything; it's the only thing" is a well-known quotation in sports. It is attributed to UCLA Bruins football coach Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders. [1] He is on record with at least two different versions of the quotation during his coaching career. Sanders is reputed to have used this quote even as far back as the 1930s. [2]
Sports critic Bill Mayo disagrees, saying that sports clichés are used "just the right amount," and "it is what it is." Former New York Giants quarterback -turned CBS broadcaster Phil Simms devotes a large portion of his 2004 book Sunday Morning Quarterback to examining football clichés such as "winning the turnover battle", "halftime ...
In 2009, the Sporting News placed her at number 11 on its list of the 50 Greatest Coaches of All Time in all sports; she was the only woman on the list. In 2012, Summitt was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2012 ESPY Awards.
Related: Ignite Your Inner Fire With These 125 Empowering Quotes From Some Of The Strongest Women In History. Famous women in sports. Doris Burke, 1965-. American sports announcer and the first ...
New York Giants head coach Joe Judge went on an epic 11-minute rant following a Week 17 loss and here are 15 of his most wild quotes.
Craig Shemon of Fox Sports Radio called Vick a "coach killer" and Mora quickly agreed with that assessment, saying that Vick was not a good passer and expressing concern for his son's prospects of keeping his head coaching job while the popular Vick was the team's quarterback [7] (The younger Mora was indeed fired a month later).
One of the most revered coaches in the history of sports, [2] Wooden was beloved by his former players, among them Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Bill Walton. Wooden was renowned for his short, simple inspirational messages to his players (including his "Pyramid of Success") many of which were directed at how to be a success in ...
Lombardi is considered by many to be among the greatest coaches and leaders in American sports. [1] He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight and five total NFL Championships in seven years, in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls at the conclusion of the 1966 ...