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.

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

In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first ahead of personal glory.

I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don't get in it.

You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team.

In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.

Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.