More Quotes from “Ol’ Coach” Murphy!
More inspirational quotes from legendary Mt. Saint Claire High football coach Barry Murphy:
“There is no ‘I’ in ‘team.’ There’s also no ‘k’ in ‘telescope,’ I don’t think. And you shouldn’t put swear words in your papers. And I don’t even know what this punctuation mark is. Tell you what, Ciske, we can’t have the school throw you off the team, so I’ll just rewrite this for you. Assuming you become an NFL player, you won’t need to learn how to write anyway. When’s this due?”
“Winning isn’t everything, gentlemen. It’s the only thing. So, Prather, I just want you to understand why I’m confused when you ask me for a new helmet. Because there are no helmets or other things, just winning.”
“Brett, could you stop smoking your pipe when you’re out on the field? I think the cherry maple scent may be putting your teammates in the overly relaxed mindset of sitting in leather chairs in front of a fireplace.”
“I know our mascot is loud and fairly disturbing (we are the Mt. Saint Claire High Shrieking, Burning Businessmen after all), but you need to not be distracted by him and keep your head in the game.”
