A champion pays an extra price to be better than anyone else.

But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.

Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.

That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

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

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.

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.