Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.

Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.

I can reach a kid who doesn't have any ability as long as he doesn't know it.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

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.

I don't have any ideas; my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.