Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.

I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that.

Most coaches study the films when they lose. I study them when we win -to see if I can figure out what I did right

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.

If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.