- Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
- Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
- Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder.
- When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don’t repeat it.
- The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be.
- Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things.
- Find your own picture, your own self in anything that goes bad. It's awfully easy to mouth off at your staff or chew out players, but if it's bad, and you’re the head coach, you're responsible. If we have an intercepted pass, I threw it. I'm the head coach. If we get a punt blocked, I caused it. A bad practice, a bad game, it's up to the head coach to assume his responsibility.
- I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones.
- If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.
- First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.
- There’s no substitute for guts.
- If you believe in yourself, have dedication and pride and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.
- In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.
- If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, tide, roll!"
- In life, you'll have your back up against the wall many times. You might as well get used to it.
- Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.
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