The best Quotes by Don Shula

Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

Losing a Super Bowl destroys all the good things that happened to get you there.

My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law.

I grew up in Florida, where if you weren't comfortable dancing, you weren't going to get any girls.

Why can't you compare Washington State and Florida?
Because it'd be like comparing apples and oranges.

I'm honored that so many Floridians are supporting my efforts to rekindle the American Dream.

"How you gonna get a gun?"
"This is Florida. The God damn state is shaped like a gun!"

Florida is America's bas*ment: it's wet, it's filled with mold, strange insects, alligators.

Wrong? We're in Florida. The state bird is a chicken finger.

Biden has won so many times in Michigan now.
He's legally required to change his name to Ohio State.

There's nothing wrong with Ohio
Except the snow and the rain

East Coast style + Midwest charm = Ohio girl

Coming from southeast Ohio it's a very impoverished area and the poverty rate is almost two times the national average.

Ohio girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.

Home is where the heart is and the heart is in Ohio.

If you don't like the weather in Southern Ohio, just wait 15 minutes.

Mission accomplished, our whole goal this entire off-season was statistical output through five games.

We're not going out there to humiliate teams. That's just what it happened to look like.

In Kansas City, I was blessed to be on a real good football team. Here, it's different.

I think pressure is going to be there every time. I don't feel more pressure that we've acquired all of these guys. It's more of an opportunity that I get, that we all get as a team, to show what we can do this year.

Don't ask me why I'm a Dolphins fan. Ask yourself why you're not!

In this house we say "please", "thank you", and "Go Dolphins!"

I was born a Dolphins fan and I will die a Dolphins fan.

I like football. I find its an exciting strategic game. Its a great way to avoid conversation with your family at Thanksgiving.

On a football team, it’s not the strength of the individual players, but it is the strength of the unit and how they all function together.

You gotta fight... for your right... to Lombaaardi!

I wish all of this football would stop interrupting the commercials.

The quarterback is the leader of the team and the quarterback is the one that has the ball in his hands every single play.

The job of the QB is not to throw the ball between the 8's. But to put the ball anywhere in my area code and I must answer the call with a reception.

Everyone is innocent unless proven otherwise.

Do not have regrets. Guilt is a wasted emotion.

But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you can to accomplish what you want.

Scott Hanson: "If it comes down to it, Brock. It's late in the fourth quarter, are you prepared to disappoint Taylor Swift?"
Brock Purdy: "Yes."

It's a team sport. We knew we had a half left. The boys on defense took care of business.

We're not done, dawg, I want three!

Quick funny story: I threw a touchdown to this dude to end the game. And he looked at me and he had no idea. I said, "Dude, we just won the Super Bowl!"

It's been a long year to get to this point and we got it done today. We can't wait to get to Vegas!

Brock, he made some big plays in this game. Missed a couple, but leading us down on our last drive and getting the win, that's all I can ask for.

I'm the top receiver in the game. There's no question about it.

I feel like as a receiver, you have to expect the unexpected. No matter where the ball is, it's your job to catch it. The quarterback has done all the hard parts. He got the ball out of his hands. He made checks. He did everything else. Now it's you. Just understanding that everything is not going to go as planned and the ball is not going to be where it needs to be all the time. Prepare myself for the worst, and when the best happens, it feels great.

I'll get to the point right away. I'm retiring. For good. You only get one super emotional retirement essay and I used mine out last year.

We're playing in this very, very cool arena where Bayern Munich plays, kind of the country's top soccer team, and it looks amazing in pictures. The chance to go across to another country, play a sport that I love... there's 3 million ticket requests for 67,000 seats. So the place is gonna be rocking and if it's anything like what I see in those German Bundesliga games this is gonna be one of the most epic games that we've ever played in. So I'm super excited.

Patrick Mahomes is my GOAT!

I'm not a coffee drinker. I just get up and go. I got endless energy for a chubby guy.

DeMeco Ryans is the perfect guy for the job. He brings something out of his players, and it's indescribable.