words to live by

[huskernumerouno]

"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.

"Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.

 

 

"Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game.

 

 

"After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that."

Bobby Bowden / Florida State

 

 

"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it."

Lou Holtz / Arkansas

 

 

"When you win, nothing hurts."

Joe Namath / Alabama

 

 

"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."

Lou Holtz / Arkansas

 

 

"If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, tide, roll!"

Bear Bryant / Alabama

 

 

"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall."

Frank Leahy / Notre Dame

 

 

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."

Woody Hayes / Ohio State

 

 

"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

 

 

"In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant."

Wally Butts / Georgia

 

 

"You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life."

Paul Dietzel / LSU

 

 

"It's kind of hard to rally around a math class."

Bear Bryant / Alabama

 

 

When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. "No, but you can see it from here."

Lou Holtz / Arkansas...

 

 

"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

 

 

"There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line."

Matty Bell / SMU

 

 

"Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died." Frank

Leahy / Notre Dame

 

 

"I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's."

Alex Karras / Iowa

 

 

"My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor." Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee

 

 

"I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades."

Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

 

 

"Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David."

Shug Jordan / Auburn

 

 

"They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces."

Darrell Royal / Texas

 

 

"Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

 

"They whipped us like a tied up goat."

Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

 

 

"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

 

 

"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel."

Bobby Bowden / Florida State

 

 

"Football is not a contact sport-it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."

Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

 

 

After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his team: "All those who need showers, take them."

John McKay / USC

 

 

"If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education."

Murray Warmath / Minnesota

 

 

"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

 

 

"Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon."

Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

 

 

"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

 

"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches."

Darrell Royal / Texas

 

 

"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad."

Bob Devaney / Nebraska

 

 

"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

 

Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football."

John Heisman

[FriscoTXHusker]

I heard one the other day attributed to Devaney. I'm sure this is not exactly right but ...

 

Your spirit belongs to Jesus, but starting the first day of practice your a$$ belongs to me.

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

I heard one the other day attributed to Devaney. I'm sure this is not exactly right but ...

 

Your spirit belongs to Jesus, but starting the first day of practice your a$$ belongs to me.

 

One of the guys in the Roundtable discussion said Devaney would tell the players that at the start of fall practice.

[Necava Husker]

Many thanks for posting, numerouno. Here’s one of my favorites from TO:

 

“I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.” —Tom Osborne

[huskernumerouno]

Many thanks for posting, numerouno. Here’s one of my favorites from TO:

 

“I celebrate a victory when I start walking off the field. By the time I get to the locker room, I'm done.” —Tom Osborne

TO was/is a class act

[I am I]

great quotes. i played outside backer in college. once a week we had a pass rush drill. one of our tackles would get beat pretty bad sometimes. our O-line coach said to him once,

 

"Johnson!!! you just got tossed like a USED RUBBER!"

 

(the names have been changed to protect the individual)

[huskernumerouno]

great quotes. i played outside backer in college. once a week we had a pass rush drill. one of our tackles would get beat pretty bad sometimes. our O-line coach said to him once,

 

"Johnson!!! you just got tossed like a USED RUBBER!"

 

(the names have been changed to protect the individual)

[robsker]

"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.

"Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.

 

 

"Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas." Seen on a church sign in Arkansas prior to the 1969 game.

 

 

"After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that."

Bobby Bowden / Florida State

 

 

"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it."

Lou Holtz / Arkansas

 

 

"When you win, nothing hurts."

Joe Namath / Alabama

 

 

"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."

Lou Holtz / Arkansas

 

 

"If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll, tide, roll!"

Bear Bryant / Alabama

 

 

"A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall."

Frank Leahy / Notre Dame

 

 

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."

Woody Hayes / Ohio State

 

 

"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

 

 

"In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant."

Wally Butts / Georgia

 

 

"You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life."

Paul Dietzel / LSU

 

 

"It's kind of hard to rally around a math class."

Bear Bryant / Alabama

 

 

When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. "No, but you can see it from here."

Lou Holtz / Arkansas...

 

 

"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

 

 

"There's one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line."

Matty Bell / SMU

 

 

"Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died." Frank

Leahy / Notre Dame

 

 

"I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's."

Alex Karras / Iowa

 

 

"My advice to defensive players: Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor." Bowden Wyatt / Tennessee

 

 

"I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades."

Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

 

 

"Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David."

Shug Jordan / Auburn

 

 

"They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces."

Darrell Royal / Texas

 

 

"Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

 

"They whipped us like a tied up goat."

Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

 

 

"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

 

 

"Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel."

Bobby Bowden / Florida State

 

 

"Football is not a contact sport-it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."

Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

 

 

After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his team: "All those who need showers, take them."

John McKay / USC

 

 

"If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education."

Murray Warmath / Minnesota

 

 

"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

 

 

"Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon."

Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

 

 

"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

 

"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches."

Darrell Royal / Texas

 

 

"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad."

Bob Devaney / Nebraska

 

 

"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

 

 

Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football."

John Heisman

 

 

Thank you for this post! It was most enjoyable to read some of these statements.

 

Bear Bryant must have been quite the guy to have known. They do not seem to make guys like him anymore.

 

Again, thanks.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Those were great!!!! Thanks for posting those UNO............

[admo]

Right on! Thanks UNO!

[REDSTEEL]

"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad."

Bob Devaney / Nebraska

 

Think I heard that attributed to another coach before.

[REDSTEEL]

Sports: Vincent Lombardi Quotes

If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

 

Success: Vincent Lombardi Quotes

It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

 

Teamwork: Vincent Lombardi Quotes

Teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale.

 

Sales: Vincent Lombardi Quotes

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

 

Quality: Vincent Lombardi Quotes

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

 

Sports: Vincent Lombardi Quotes

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.

 

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

-- Lou Holtz

1937-, American Football Coach

 

There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.

-- Ken Loeffler

American College Basketball Coach

 

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

-- Vince Lombardi

1913-1970, American Football Coach

 

Coaches have to watch for what they don't want to see and listen to what they don't want to hear.

-- John Madden

American Football Coach

 

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

-- Ara Parasheghian

American College Football Coach

 

Darrell Royal: Football Inspirational Quote

The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.

 

 

An MIT student spent an entire summer going to the Harvard football field every day wearing a black and white striped shirt, walking up and down the field for ten or fifteen minutes throwing birdseed all over the field, blowing a whistle and then walking off the field.

 

At the end of the summer, when it came time for the first Harvard home football game, the referee walked onto the field and blew the whistle. The game had to be delayed for a half hour to wait for the birds to get off of the field.

 

The guy wrote his thesis on this, and graduated.

[I Bleed RED]

 

 

There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.

-- Ken Loeffler

American College Basketball Coach

 

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

-- Vince Lombardi

1913-1970, American Football Coach

 

 

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

-- Ara Parasheghian

American College Football Coach

 

 

The most appropriate ones for our current state of affairs. I believe if we can achieve these 2 things we will be a MUCH better team.

 

Thank you much UNO and STEEL, these were great!

[eoltmer]

Bob Devany during a Q&A with media:

"Ill take that down and put it in the recreation room and if we lose one some day I'll pour myself another drink and say hell we were pretty good one time."