Gillman Quotes

#1. First of all, the Jewish religion has a great deal in common with the Christian religion because, as Rabbi Gillman points out in the show, Christianity is based on Judaism. Christ was Jewish.

Barbara Walters

#2. Gillman smiles, in the cold manner of an assassin. It's like looking in the mirror.

Irvine Welsh

#3. Because first and foremost, Izzy was marrying Eden Gillman because he wanted her to keep on smiling at him, the way she was smiling at him right now.
He wanted to be her hero.

Suzanne Brockmann

#4. There was no better end than Lance Alworth and no better lineman than Ron Mix. Those are Hall of Fame guys. There was no better guard than Walt Sweeney and no better pair of running backs than Keith Lincoln and Paul Lowe.

Sid Gillman

#5. All I know is that when you look over at the coaches on the other sideline, and all you see are guys who either coached with you or played for you, then you know it's time to get out.

Sid Gillman

#6. I learned from everybody whose staff I was on. You always learn something.

Sid Gillman

#7. just means I'm going to have to step up my game so you call me the next time you need someone.

Corinne Michaels

#8. I enjoyed coaching so much that I just have to stay with it. Don Coryell - I love him, and I think he was a great coach - but I hear he's going to build a house on some island. He's going to divorce himself from football, and that's a mystery to me.

Sid Gillman

#9. Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its implications without attempting to predict how the thing might actual work.

Edward M. Lerner

#10. The heart grows weary after a little Of what it loved for a little while.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

#11. It disturbs me to see a football coach fired.

Sid Gillman

#12. She'd raised me in her image to be the one true friend she'd never had, and now neither of us would ever know the conversations we'd waited for all our lives.

Kate Bolick

#13. Attitude is the whole thing in football. Every team has the talent and the coaching. Motivation makes the difference. The teams that win stay healthy and interested.

Sid Gillman

#14. I have to hurt other people in order to get what I want, I don't have a choice but to. In life, you gotta do the right things for the wrong reasons. Or the wrong things for the right reasons.

Khali Raymond

#15. The big play comes with the pass.

Sid Gillman

#16. Never throw into double coverage.

Sid Gillman

#17. I always felt before Paul Brown, coaches just rolled the ball out onto the field.

Sid Gillman

#18. I worked under Francis Schmidt, and he was the biggest influence on my coaching career.

Sid Gillman

#19. I've lost count of all my assistant coaches who have been made head coaches.

Sid Gillman

#20. I have a message for the youth of America. The next time somebody promises you a lifetime contract, say, 'Thank you. But would you mind putting that in writing?'

Sid Gillman

#21. Some coaches spend their time trying to get an overview of all eleven defenders. I prefer to zero in on one guy at a time to get the right clue.

Sid Gillman

#22. Hell, I live like I did when I was 35. I don't believe in retirement groups because I don't believe in retirement. How long can I keep coaching? How about forever? I'll never walk off the field.

Sid Gillman

#23. You need to define yourself in the marketplace.

Steve Madden

#24. Football has been my life.

Sid Gillman

#25. God bless those runners because they get you the first down, give you ball control and keep your defense off the field. But if you want to ring the cash register, you have to pass.

Sid Gillman

#26. I go back to Francis Schmidt. Francis Schmidt was the Ohio State coach who hired me.

Sid Gillman

#27. You put a real tough tight end with good hands in the hash area, and there won't be anyone who can cover him. Then you really control the passing game.

Sid Gillman

#28. It's almost inevitable that we become religious people. The question is, what kind of religion is it?

John Shelby Spong

#29. I tape every game I can get my hands on. Every game that's on TV, I tape it. My daughter, Terry Hill, lives in Eureka, and she has a satellite dish, so she tapes what I can't get. I try to keep up with what everybody is doing, so if the phone rings, I'll be ready.

Sid Gillman

#30. That was part of coaching: to teach your receivers how to get free.

Sid Gillman