If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.

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 have to be willing to out-condition your opponents.

When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none.

I hope to get out before they start football next year.

Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.

Don't talk too much or too soon.