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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 ...
Waring was never a noted rugby league player; he was more proficient at association football, and had trials with Nottingham Forest and Barnsley. [5] He began work as a typewriter salesman in his home town of Dewsbury, but he gave up that career to join a local newspaper and report on rugby league matches.
Coaching his four kids, he has his own unfiltered takes on many hot topics, from toxic parents to participation trophies. “This whole idea of all 12 teams in the league get a trophy, what are we ...
Bob Knight, who won three national titles as head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, has died. He was 83. (Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) (Rich Clarkson via Getty Images)
Coach Wooden ended his 27-year UCLA coaching career by winning his tenth national championship in 12 years. He announced his retirement at age 64 during the post-game press conference of the semi-final win against Louisville , and the UCLA players promptly responded by giving him a going away present with a win over Kentucky and its captain ...
Louis Leo Holtz (born January 6, 1937) [1] is an American former college football coach and television analyst. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976), the University of Arkansas (1977–1983), the University of Minnesota (1984–1985), the University of Notre Dame (1986–1996 ...
Assistant coach John Coatta, who was the favorite to replace Bruhn from the start, was promoted. Schembechler continued to coach at Miami for two more seasons. His negative experience was a major factor in his convincing Bob Knight to reject Wisconsin's offer to become men's basketball head coach in 1968. [4]