We do not pull in and fill up. And I'll tell you why we don't. It's because I don't buy one goddamn drop of gas in the state of Michigan. We'll coast and push this goddamn car to the Ohio line before I give this state a nickel of my money.

No back in the history of football was ever worth two fumbles a game.

Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.

Paralyze resistance with persistence.

The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt—and most of these originate with the quarterback. Find a mistake-proof quarterback and you have this game won.

You can outwork anybody. Try it, you will find out that you can do it.

The players fire the coach, and as long as I'm on the same wavelength with them, I can coach as long as I want to.