What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.

When a kid plays football before he attends a class, something is wrong.

There has to be some self-denial.

SMU: 'It's unbelievable to think that kind of corruption came right from the top of the power structure. The NCAA did what it had to do' in canceling SMU's 1988 football season.

What is a coach? We are teachers. Educators. We have the same obligations as all teachers, except we probably have more influence than anybody but their families. And, in a lot of cases, more than their families.

We need people who influence their peers and who cannot be detoured from their convictions by peers who do not have the courage to have any convictions.