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

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.

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.

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

I've had many a player tell me all through high school and right up until signing day that they were coming to Alabama, then they signed with somebody else.

Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.