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(#9) Your Kids Are the Most Important Thing in Your Life
"Money - comes and goes. These kids of ours - that’s a one time deal."
Football, fame, wealth - Coach Taylor knows these things are fleeting. His family will be a major part of his life long after his football career is over. -
(#6) Seize the Day
"You get one chance in life, fellas. You can either take advantage of it, or you can piss it away. You do the latter, and you're gonna regret it the rest of your lives."
Coach Taylor's YOLO moment, this gem reminded his players to make the most of their time on the field, because for most of them, the glory days of football end after senior year. -
(#8) Don't Be Your Own Worst Enemy
"In my gut, I think there’s only one thing standing between us and the playoffs. And it’s not our opponents. It’s ourselves."
Football is as much a mental game as it is a physical one. Coach needs his team to realize that unless they can overcome their own mental obstacles, they'll never be able to face the rivals that stand in the way of the Dillon Panthers and their playoff hopes. -
(#15) Don't Be a Quitter
"You quit this team you’re gonna hate yourself. You wanna be pissed? Fine, you go ahead, you be pissed. I don’t give a damn. But you are not quitting this team."
Taylor just wants his boys to follow through with their commitments, a lesson that will help them greatly in their post-football lives. Taylor's track record of getting troubled boys back on track is basically spotless over five seasons, so when he tells you to stick it out, you stick it out.
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(#14) Have Some Respect
"Y'all want to fight, go ahead and fight. But not on my field and not in my colors! You got me? Is that understood? … You don’t fight in my house!"
A football field is sacred ground in Dillon, and Coach won't let anyone besmirch it. Simply put: There's no fighting in football. What is this, hockey? -
(#18) Make Adversity an Asset
"This is about more than just football, gentlemen. It’s about adversity and how we stand up to it. No one said they were gonna hand us the playoffs. What we’re gonna do is we’re gonna work, we’re gonna adjust, and we’re gonna work some more. We’re gonna take adversity and turn it into an asset and we’re gonna ride that asset all the way to the damn playoffs."
Everyone loves an underdog story, and there are no better underdog stories on TV than the ones on FNL. None of their state championship titles came easily - Taylor's boys always had to turn adversity into an asset in order to win (which also made for pretty dramatic TV).
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Friday Night Lights is a movie produced and distributed by Universal, which tells the story of a football team from a small Texas town that is on the verge of disintegration due to economic problems and fights with other strong teams. As the soul of the team, the pressure of coach Eric Taylor is beyond words. He is dedicated, humble, and explosive. In this film, we realize the power of pursuing dreams through the stories between football teams.
Coach Taylor’s wisdom inspired the players and spectators of the football team. The random tool shares 18 motivating and enlightening pieces of advice taught by Coach Taylor.
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