While that speech above may have been in Houston, it doesn’t matter. Bum Phillips was simply a different cat. Former defensive tackle Derland Moore probably put it best.
“He had common sense, and he had a lot of sayings that made a lot of sense. Bum never really coached football, he coached life. He was very, very special. He was a guy that would bring you in and tell you the truth. If you put your butt out on the line for him, he’d put his butt out on the line for you. They just don’t come around like that very often.