Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.

They may outsmart me, or be luckier, but they can't outwork me.

In football we always said that the other team couldn't beat us. We had to be sure that we didn't beat ourselves. And that's what people have to do, too - make sure they don't beat themselves.

It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth

Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.

I don't apologize for anything. When I make a mistake, I take the blame and go on from there. I just despise to lose, and that has taken a man of mediocre ability and made a pretty good coach out of him.

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.