I'm writing a book and need quotes on the subject of "Mastery of the Basics" by well know people~ like Don Shula or other coaches, or others

Thanks for your help

John W Heisman (Heisman Trophey) Head Coach Georgia Tech "It is better you die a small boy than fumble this football"

"Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up鈥? - Knute Rockne, Coach Notre Dame

鈥淎t times it wasn't very exciting, ... But when you play fundamental football, you have a good chance to win. And that's what we did.鈥?- Chad Pennington, QB Marshall & NYJ

鈥淚t's a pretty typical play whether they show it or not. It's a fundamental football play. Just cover your man. Don't let your eyes go to where they don't belong.鈥?- Marvin Lewis, NFL coach

Poke around at ThinkExist.com.

Good luck with the book but a word of advice. If your "game plan" for success in largely dependent upon the Answers community you're not going to sell a lot of books.

"The fans used to think Oklahoma was the enemy. They actually made us better.鈥?br> -Tom Osborne speaking on the rivalry of Nebraska-Oklahoma.

I thought this was a great quote and could be applied to any great rivalry