My father-in-law, a great HS coach in his own right, just sent me these quotes from coaches and players over the decades. This, or something similar, may have been posted in the past, but I'm a quotes man and many of these get my blood pumping as we're only about 2 weeks away from kickoff! Enjoy!
--Brett
"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have
any." Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.
"After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready
for that." Bobby Bowden / Florida State
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be
the one who dropped it." Lou Holtz / Arkansas
"When you win, nothing hurts." Joe Namath / Alabama
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated." Lou
Holtz / Arkansas
"If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the
password, "Roll, tide, roll!" Bear Bryant / Alabama
"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval
study hall." Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out
of you." Woody Hayes / Ohio State
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just
want to win enough to warrant an investigation." Bob Devaney / Nebraska
"In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant."
Wally Butts / Georgia
"You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in
life." Paul Dietzel / LSU
"It's kind of hard to rally around a math class." Bear Bryant / Alabama
"No, but you can see it from here." Lou Holtz / Arkansas... When asked
if Fayetteville was the end of the world.
"I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want
him to quit in practice, not in a game." Bear Bryant / Alabama
"There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the
goal line." Matty Bell / SMU
"Lads,you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died."
Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
"I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms -
Truman's and Eisenhower's." Alex Karras / Iowa
"My advice to defensive players:Take the shortest route to the ball and
arrive in a bad humor." Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
"I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades." Duffy
Daugherty / Michigan State
"Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David." Shug
Jordan / Auburn
"They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces."
Darrell Royal / Texas
"Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure." Knute
Rockne / Notre Dame
"They whipped us like a tied up goat." Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't
recruit me and he said: "Well,Walt, we took a look at you and
you weren't any good." Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering
wheel." Bobby Bowden / Florida State
"Football is not a contact sport-it is a collision sport. Dancing is a
contact sport." Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his post-game message to his team:
"All those who need showers, take them." John McKay / USC
"If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great
education." Murray Warmath / Minnesota
"The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a
back, you only have to be dumb." Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"Oh,we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon."
Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it." Knute Rockne
/ Notre Dame
"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches." Darrell Royal /
Texas
"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."
John McKay / USC
"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are
bad." Darrell Royal / University of Texas
"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players." Knute
Rockne / Notre Dame
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this
football" John Heisman
"I see Auburn's Recruiting Coordinator just got here." Erk Russell on
seeing a Brink's Truck stop at the front door of the Fountainbleau Hotel at
a coaches convention.
--Brett
"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have
any." Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.
"After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready
for that." Bobby Bowden / Florida State
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be
the one who dropped it." Lou Holtz / Arkansas
"When you win, nothing hurts." Joe Namath / Alabama
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated." Lou
Holtz / Arkansas
"If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the
password, "Roll, tide, roll!" Bear Bryant / Alabama
"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval
study hall." Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out
of you." Woody Hayes / Ohio State
"I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just
want to win enough to warrant an investigation." Bob Devaney / Nebraska
"In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant."
Wally Butts / Georgia
"You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in
life." Paul Dietzel / LSU
"It's kind of hard to rally around a math class." Bear Bryant / Alabama
"No, but you can see it from here." Lou Holtz / Arkansas... When asked
if Fayetteville was the end of the world.
"I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want
him to quit in practice, not in a game." Bear Bryant / Alabama
"There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the
goal line." Matty Bell / SMU
"Lads,you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died."
Frank Leahy / Notre Dame
"I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms -
Truman's and Eisenhower's." Alex Karras / Iowa
"My advice to defensive players:Take the shortest route to the ball and
arrive in a bad humor." Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
"I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades." Duffy
Daugherty / Michigan State
"Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David." Shug
Jordan / Auburn
"They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces."
Darrell Royal / Texas
"Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure." Knute
Rockne / Notre Dame
"They whipped us like a tied up goat." Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't
recruit me and he said: "Well,Walt, we took a look at you and
you weren't any good." Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering
wheel." Bobby Bowden / Florida State
"Football is not a contact sport-it is a collision sport. Dancing is a
contact sport." Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his post-game message to his team:
"All those who need showers, take them." John McKay / USC
"If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great
education." Murray Warmath / Minnesota
"The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a
back, you only have to be dumb." Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"Oh,we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon."
Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it." Knute Rockne
/ Notre Dame
"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches." Darrell Royal /
Texas
"We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."
John McKay / USC
"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are
bad." Darrell Royal / University of Texas
"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players." Knute
Rockne / Notre Dame
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this
football" John Heisman
"I see Auburn's Recruiting Coordinator just got here." Erk Russell on
seeing a Brink's Truck stop at the front door of the Fountainbleau Hotel at
a coaches convention.
