COACH QUOTES
#1. 'After you retire, there's only one big event left... and I ain't
ready for that.' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
#2. 'The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely
to be the one who dropped it.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#3. 'There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell
kicked out of you.' Woody Hayes / Ohio State
#4. 'I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation.
I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation' Bob Devaney /
Nebraska
#5. 'It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.' Bear Bryant
/ Alabama
#6. 'I make my practices real hard because if a player is a
quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.' Bear
Bryant / Alabama
#7. 'I never graduated from Iowa , but I was only there for two
terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.' Alex Karras / Iowa
#8. 'My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the
ball and arrive in a bad humor.' Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
#9. 'I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.'
Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
#10. 'Always remember... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.'
Shug Jordan / Auburn
#11. 'I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he
didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and
you weren't any good.' Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
#12. 'Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the
steering wheel.' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
#13. 'Football is not a contact sport - it is a collision sport.
Dancing is a contact sport.' Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
#14. After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his
team: 'All those who need showers, take them.' John McKay / USC
#15. 'If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great
education.' Murray Warmath / Minnesota
#16. 'The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb.
To be a back, you only have to be dumb.' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#17. 'It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.'
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#18. 'We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not
blocking.' Wilson Matthews / Little Rock Central High School
#19. 'I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.'
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#20. 'Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to
fumble this football.' John Heisman AUBURN
#1. 'After you retire, there's only one big event left... and I ain't
ready for that.' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
#2. 'The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely
to be the one who dropped it.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#3. 'There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell
kicked out of you.' Woody Hayes / Ohio State
#4. 'I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation.
I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation' Bob Devaney /
Nebraska
#5. 'It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.' Bear Bryant
/ Alabama
#6. 'I make my practices real hard because if a player is a
quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.' Bear
Bryant / Alabama
#7. 'I never graduated from Iowa , but I was only there for two
terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.' Alex Karras / Iowa
#8. 'My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the
ball and arrive in a bad humor.' Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee
#9. 'I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.'
Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
#10. 'Always remember... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.'
Shug Jordan / Auburn
#11. 'I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he
didn't recruit me and he said: 'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and
you weren't any good.' Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State
#12. 'Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the
steering wheel.' Bobby Bowden / Florida State
#13. 'Football is not a contact sport - it is a collision sport.
Dancing is a contact sport.' Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State
#14. After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his
team: 'All those who need showers, take them.' John McKay / USC
#15. 'If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great
education.' Murray Warmath / Minnesota
#16. 'The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb.
To be a back, you only have to be dumb.' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#17. 'It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.'
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#18. 'We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not
blocking.' Wilson Matthews / Little Rock Central High School
#19. 'I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.'
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#20. 'Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to
fumble this football.' John Heisman AUBURN
