"Winning is not
a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while;
you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time.
Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. It is and always has been an American zeal to
be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.
"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from
the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of
him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be
smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to
play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to
find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off
the field second.
"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of
organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the
same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or
cruel. I don't think it is.
"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive
games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To
know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win
fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.