I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.

I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got eleven on a field, and they beat the other eleven physically, they'll win. They will start forcing mistakes. They'll win in the fourth quarter.

Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum.

There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.

You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.