At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships.

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

I told them my system was based on the "ant plan," that I'd gotten the idea watching a colony of ants in Africa during the war. A whole bunch of ants working toward a common goal.

Recruiting is the one thing I hate. I won't do it unless my coaches tell me I've just got to. The whole process is kind of undignified for me and the young man.

Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state!

The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.