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Steve Spurrier Biography

Stephen Orr Spurrier (born April 20, 1945) is a former American football player and coach. Spurrier was a Heisman Trophy winning college football quarterback at the University of Florida and spent a decade playing professionally in the National Football League (NFL). He later served as the head coach of three college and two professional teams and has been nicknamed the "Head Ball Coach". Spurrier retired from coaching in 2015 and now serves as an ambassador and consultant for the University of Florida's athletic department. He is one of four people who have been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player and as a coach.

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So you get two good hours on the field about every day, you get about an hour and a half in the meeting room and that's pretty much all you need to thoroughly coach your team.

Coach, Good, Hour, Sports, Team, Two

Coaching to me is correcting mistakes and trying to get your players to think. If raising your voice occasionally gets them to think better, then that's called coaching.

Coaching, Mistake, Mistakes, Player, Thinking, Voice

We've got a support system that gives our players a wonderful opportunity to graduate. If they go to class and give good effort, they can graduate from this school, and I believe that's important when you go out recruiting.

Believe, Gives, Good, Players, School, Sports

In the offseason, why can't it be a little lighter? It's not life or death. I try to have a little fun, but all of my comments are true. I don't lie. If they get mad at me for saying something that isn't true, then tap me on my shoulder and say, 'That isn't true. '

Death, Fun, Lying, Mad, Offseason, Say

We all like to prove people wrong who say we're no good.

Good, Like, People, Prove, Wrong

I don't think telling the truth ever gets anyone in trouble in the long run. Maybe the day after, but not in the long run.

Running, Thinking, Long, Think, Maybe

I really believe everything is here for us to be very successful.

Believe, Everything, Successful

So I don't really believe that how many years you've had in the league determines how well your players play. . . Coaching is coaching.

Believe, Coaching, Determines, Player, Sports

But as coaches, we need to get a little more fire and passion and be more demanding that our guys get the job done. I think players will respond to that, and we'll see.

Demanding, Job, Jobs, Passion, Sports

It’s easier to win the National Championship than the SEC, ask Nick Saban.

Championship, Easier, Sec, Win, Winning

A swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous. Only Gators get out alive.

Hot, Alive, Swamps, Comfortable, Live

But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. (telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books

Books, Destroyed, Football, Real, Sports, Telling

You know what FSU stands for, don't you? Free Shoes University.

Know, Shoes, Talking, Trash Talk, University

Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all.

Football, Fun, Obviously, Years

All I can say is that I'm going to try to coach the way I've coached in the past. And if it ends up not being good enough, then so be it.

Coached, Ends, Past, Trying, Way

Cheating is cheating. Some coaches believe if you can get away with it, cheating is smart. I have no respect for those guys.

Believe, Cheating, Coaches, Smart

So, I didn't say we are going to win a lot, but we are going to play like winners, and we've got a plan in place to teach our guys how to play like winners and play like a champion.

Guys, Play, Sports, Win, Winning

If I had a defense like Hal Mumme has, I would be trying them on every kickoff.

Defense, Hal, Kickoff, Like, Trying, Would Be

Number four, we're going to play like winners, play the game the way it's meant to be played. Don't get full of yourself if something good happens. Don't get too depressed when something bad happens.

Games, Good, Like, Play, Sports

You keep playing, you get a lead and build on it. People get mad when you keep playing, but that's part of the game, too.

Games, Lead, Mad, People

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