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Come September, the middle of September when the first frost comes, that's hunting season. Fishing poles are hung up and the hunting season starts. You've got to be careful, if you're a hunter, that it doesn't become an obsession.

~Bud Grant

Topics: Be Careful Become Careful Come First Fishing Frost Got Hung Hunter Hunting Middle Obsession Poles Season September Starts Up You

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If you have time to be with a dog, and the dog is smart, you come to understand the dog, and the dog understands you. They're not hard to train. But they have to be smart, and you have to spend time with them. It's like coaching. I was a better coach when I had smart players.

~Bud Grant

Topics: Better Coach Coaching Come Dog Had Hard Like Players Smart Spend Them Time Train Understand Understands You

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If winning or losing is going to define your life, you're on a rough road.

~Bud Grant

Topics: Define Going Life Losing Road Rough Rough Road Winning You Your

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'Monday Night Football' has the good and the bad points. The bad point is you have to wait around all day, and it disrupts your schedule for the next week. Now you have one less day to prepare for the following week.

~Bud Grant

Topics: All Day Around Bad Day Following Football Good Less Monday Monday Night Next Night Now Point Points Prepare Schedule Wait Week You Your

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First of all the name, and the color purple, I think those two things distinguish the Vikings as much as anything. You go anywhere in the country and say 'Vikings,' they know exactly where you are. You say 'Cardinals,' well, Cardinals who? There are a dozen Cardinals teams in the country in professional and amateur sports.

~Bud Grant

Topics: Amateur Anything Anywhere Cardinals Color Country Distinguish Dozen Exactly First First Of All Go Know Much Name Professional Purple Say Sports Teams Things Think Those Two Well Where Who You I Think

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The day after high school, I was off to basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Station. You gotta understand, we didn't care about sports. We wanted to win the war. We wanted to win the war! And at the time, we didn't know if we would.

~Bud Grant

Topics: About After Basic Care Day Gotta Great Great Lakes High High School Know Lakes Naval Off School Sports Station Time Training Understand Wanted War Win Would You

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I never use the word 'hero' in sports. Hero is way above 'star.' I save 'star' for sports. Sports is entertainment; that's all it is.

~Bud Grant

Topics: Above Entertainment Hero Never Save Sports Star Use Way Word

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There was a prison uprising at Alcatraz, and I drove the Marines over there in a landing craft to quell the riot. I am the only serviceman I know with an American Theatre ribbon.

~Bud Grant

Topics: Am American Craft Drove Know Landing Marines Only Over Prison Ribbon Riot Theatre Uprising I Am

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We never had anybody who froze to death playing football. You probably had somebody who died from heat stroke playing football.

~Bud Grant

Topics: Anybody Death Died Football Had Heat Never Playing Somebody Stroke Who You

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You're imprinted in high school more than any other point in your life.

~Bud Grant

Topics: Any High High School Life More Other Point School Than You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: May 20th, 1927

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