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.

Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds.

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.

I have always tried to teach my players to be fighters. When I say that, I don't mean put up your dukes and get in a fistfight over something. I'm talking about facing adversity in your life. There is not a person alive who isn't going to have some awfully bad days in their lives. I tell my players that what I mean by fighting is when your house burns down, and your wife runs off with the drummer, and you've lost your job and all the odds are against you. What are you going to do? Most people just lay down and quit. Well, I want my people to fight back.

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

Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray.

I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.