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As coaches, we learn to accept criticism for our decisions. If a writer says you shouldn't have gone for it on fourth-and-one, we understand that's part of the job. We expect it.

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I was enamored with Charles Dickens as a kid, and his names blew me away.

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I just want people to finish the book and say, 'I was entertained.' When I set out to do it, I had no deal in place. I knew it would be tough. I read somewhere that John Steinbeck was turned down 22 times on his first novel. But I was just going to do it.

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If I had coached in high school for 60 years, I would have loved it. Getting to the top was not a goal. I welcomed the opportunities, but I just believed do the best doggone job you can, and good things will happen.

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I took all the courses you would need to be able to go to law school. But my experience in college with football made me want to go into coaching.

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I went off to Harvard Law School for six weeks, and then I said, 'Doggone this, it's not what I want to do.' I remember when I told my dad I was leaving law school, and I wanted to go into football. He said, 'Be a good coach.'

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There's three parts to football: offense, defense, and special teams. You'd no more ignore special teams than you would offense or defense.

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I've always been entranced by writing.

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I did a lot of studying of great writers. I read that Hemingway rewrote 'The Sun Also Rises' 39 times.

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Actually, I'm working on a book of poetry.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Coach

Born: August 3rd, 1925

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