[Ads-l] Dialog: "Winning isn't everything, is it, Red?" "No, it isn't everything; it's just the ONLY thing."

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The Yale Book of Quotations has a citation for Henry R. 'Red' Sanders
dated October 18, 1950 for "Winning isn’t everything....It’s the only
thing!" Here is a citation from a bit earlier.

[ref] 1950 February 7, Tallahassee Democrat, In the Pressbox With Fred
Pettijohn, Quote Page 6, Column 1, Tallahassee, Florida.
(Newspapers_com)[/ref]

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Tulane football Coach Henry Frnka recently asked UCLA mentor Red
Sanders. "Winning isn't everything, is it, Red?" To which Sanders
replied. "No, it isn't everything; it's just the ONLY thing."
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Garson

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