What Would Bill Curry Say?

GSU head football coach Bill Curry’s inspirational messages have captivated audiences in the locker room, in auditoriums and on nationally televised broadcasts. Here are 10 of his favorite “Words to Live By.”

1. Football is just life marked off in 100 yards.
   -Bill Badgett
2. Never mistake kindness for weakness.
   -Bart Starr
3. There are two pains—the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. One is temporary. The other lasts forever.
   -Bill Curry
4. Talk’s cheap. Let’s go play.
   -John Unitas
5. Life is filled with difficulty … and the overcoming of it.
   -Helen Keller
6. Winning is not the most important thing. It is the only thing.
   -Vince Lombardi
7. A champion has singleness of purpose; is unselfish; is tough; is prepared; and never quits … never.
   -Bill Curry
8. Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.
   -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
9. Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
   -Chuck Knox
10. Unexpected, undeserved, unrewarded acts of human kindness change lives … every time. Their effects are undeniable.
    -Bill Curry