A few minutes ago, I had a hard time getting through the lobby because of all the people. After today, that won't be happening.

The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country's future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief.

You try to make your team do something they're not capable of and you get murdered.

Back 12 years ago, when Dr. Mathews was president here, we had a plan that when I got ready to quit, we'd bring a certain guy in and he'd take over that day and I'd leave. But as time wore on, I realized that wouldn't have been good at all.

I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.

There is no substitute for guts.