Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.

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

I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.

I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else.

If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.

If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can't live without football. I've had a lot of them. Two, be able to recognize winners. They come in all forms. And, three, have a plan for everything. A plan for practice, a plan for the game. A plan for being ahead, and a plan for being behind 20-0 at half, with your quarterback hurt and the phones dead, with it raining cats and dogs and no rain gear because the equipment man left it at home.

I don't hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they're not brighter than I am, I don't need them.