My name, I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it's gone.

You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.

I had a great bunch of kids. They all hung with us. The coaching staff hung with us. And we played tough every game. If you've got kids that want to play and react to you, it's fun. I'm having a good time.

My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'

I stayed on the track I wanted to stay on. I don’t think I deviated from what I’m all about and what I thought was important. Whether you want to call that a legacy, or whatever you want to call it.

If I had to do it over again, I'd probably play the game the same way.

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.