I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don't get in it.

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

There is no substitute for guts.

Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.

There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.

When I was a young coach I used to say, "Treat everybody alike." That's bull. Treat everybody fairly.

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.