Hayden Fry Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.”
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“We'll take what the other team gives us. We'll scratch where it itches.”
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“How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?”
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“When it's football season, I'm all football.”
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“I wanted the players to feel like they were part of a family, to be conscious of that controlled togetherness as they made that slow entrance onto the field. It had a great psychological effect on the opposing team, too. They'd never seen anything like it.”
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“The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team.”
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“Black is a color of power and strength, and to see all those players, with the captains linking their arms in front - it's a powerful picture.”
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“The thing I'm most proud of here at Iowa is putting the ANF on our headgear.”
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“You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against.”
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“When I talked with an opposing coach before a game and he mentions the pink walls, I know I've got him. I can't recall a coach who has stirred up a fuss about the color and then beat us.”
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“You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.”
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“We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar.”
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“We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.”
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“We changed our image. At least when we ran out on the field or broke the huddle, we would look like winners.”
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“The preparation I had in college was the most valuable.”
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“I'll be here in my home with three big screens. I'll be watching three games at a time, and when they're over, I'll look at three more.”
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“I learned a great many things in the Marines that helped me as a football coach. The Marines train men hard and to do things the right way, just as a football team must train.”
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“Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away.”
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“We have to be realistic. If we don't win, life will continue.”
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