Bill L. Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 From what I could hear over the cell phone the crowd loved it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass5 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 A famous coach once said "Winning isn't everything." Then added:"It's the only thing". Of course he was coaching in Wisconsin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellofello01 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) Which school? Pro team matthewheck Loved the Scouts. Especially loved the recognizable tunes (Rhapsody in Blue in particular)! #DCI #drumcorps 7 minutes ago via Twitter for Android from Broken Arrow, OK . okcphotoguy76 Madison scouts are amazing and their sound is in your face. Great job Scouts. next in Broken Arrow is the Blue Knights #drumcorps #dci 9 minutes ago via TweetDeck Edited July 22, 2010 by Mellofello01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook'emCavies Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Of course he was coaching in Wisconsin! Wisconsin... Ok I give up who is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc oldtimer Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 A famous coach once said "Winning isn't everything." Then added:"It's the only thing". UCLA Bruins football coach Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass5 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 My avatar may be a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 (edited) A famous coach once said "Winning isn't everything." Then added:"It's the only thing". I did! Not buying that? Then try Vince Lombardi during his Packer days. Edited July 22, 2010 by Ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook'emCavies Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Pro team Oh thats why I don't know I don't watch the NFL really... I'm a college football person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellofello01 Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I did! Not buying that? Then try Vince Lombardi during his Packer days. This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc oldtimer Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I cheated but it was not Vince L. From Wiki: Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing is a well-known quote in sports. It exemplifies a form of unfettered competitiveness that has permeated American sports. Its assertion about the importance of winning has been touted as a basic tenet of the American sports creed and, at the same time, singled out as encapsulating what is purportedly right with competitive sports. It is attributed to UCLA Bruins football coach Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders, who spoke two different versions of the quote. In 1950, at a Cal Poly San Luis Obispo physical education workshop, Sanders told his group: "Men, I'll be honest. Winning isn't everything. (Long pause.) Men, it's the only thing!"[1] In 1955, in a Sports Illustrated article preceding the 1956 Rose Bowl, he was quoted as saying "Sure, winning isn't every thing, It's the only thing."[2] This credo has served as counterpoint to the well known sentiment by sports journalist Grantland Rice that, it's “not that you won or lost but how you played the game," and to the Modern Olympic creed expressed by its founder Pierre de Coubertin: "The most important thing . . . is not winning but taking part (in the Games).” The quote is widely attributed to American football coach Vince Lombardi; who probably heard the phrase from UCLA coach Henry Russell Sanders.[3] Lombardi is on record using the quote as early as 1959 in his opening talk on the first day of the Packers’ training camp.[3] The quote captured the American public's attention during Lombardi's highly successful reign as coach of the Packers in the 1960s. Over time, the quote took on a life of its own. The words graced the walls of locker rooms, ignited pre-game pep talks, and echoed from the rafters of banquet halls. According to the late James Michener's Sports in America, Lombardi claimed to have been misquoted. What he intended to say was "Winning isn't everything. The will to win is the only thing."[4] However, Lombardi is on record repeating the original version of the quote on several occasions, cited by Overman (see Bibliography). Vince Lombardi is so notorious as a winning coach that the Super Bowl trophy is named the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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