Coaches Hot Seat Quotes of the Day – Tuesday, November 8, 2022 – John Wayne
“Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.”
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“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.”
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“Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid.”
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“If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?'”
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“I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.”
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“A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.”
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“I’d like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.”
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“Sorry don’t get it done, Dude.” John T. Chance (Rio Bravo)
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“A lot of guys make mistakes, I guess, but every one we make, a whole stack of chips goes with it. We make a mistake, and some guy don’t walk away – forevermore, he don’t walk away.” Sergeant John M. Stryker (Sands of Iwo Jima)
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“Yup. The end of a way of life. Too bad. It’s a good way. Wagons forward! Yo!” Hondo Lane (Hondo)
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“All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.” Capt. Rockwell Torrey (In Harm’s Way)
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“Republic. I like the sound of the word.” Col. David Crockett (The Alamo)
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“I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your goddamned business.” Playboy interview, May 1971
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“I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.”
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“A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by.”
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“Don’t pick a fight, but if you find yourself in one I suggest you make damn sure you win.”
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“I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous; never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.”
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“Words are what men live by….words they say and mean.”
Wikipedia: John Wayne