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"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

One of the main things our coaches stressed to us was that our teamwork would make our dreams work."

-- Johnny Rodgers

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It never changes. Football is a game of repetition, mental and physical. You may try to articulate it a little different, but it's the same thing: Get better players, make fewer mistakes, and drill the fundamentals into your players' heads. The rest of it is a joke. Teams aren't winning because of what they had for breakfast or what some coach said in the locker room.”

Barry Switzer quote

“You're a great player. I love you.”

Barry Switzer quote

“It was a horrible, terrible, atrocious offensive football game.”

Barry Switzer quote

“In pro football you're a number. If you don't play well, you're gone and no one cares. But in college, coaches recruit young men and ask them to become a part of their family and help you become a productive citizen for the next 30, 40, 50 years of your life. Your coaches help you develop into something you can be proud of and they are there for life.”

Barry Switzer quote

“The one thing I wonder about is that those three guys in the review box. I know that all of them have prostate problems, because all three of them had to go to the bathroom at the same time and miss Vince Young putting his knee on the ground.”

Barry Switzer quote

The key to his success? He's just faster than the guys who are chasing him.”

Barry Switzer quote

“It was like a heart transplant. We tried to implant college in him but his head rejected it.”

“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”

“Friends are like elevator buttons, they either take you up or they take you down.”

Tom Osbourne quote

“We don't believe it was Agent Orange,”

Tom Osbourne quote

We are treating this as a very serious issue,”

Tom Osbourne quote

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

Everybody's got to do what they've got to do.

Tom Osborne

I'm not really good at retiring. I tried that one time and Nancy ran me out of the house.

Tom Osborne

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

Tom Osborne

When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement.

Tom Osborne

You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely.

Tom Osborne

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

2. “After you retire, there’s only one big event left….and I ain’t ready for that.” Bobby Bowden / Florida State

3. “The man who complains about the way the ball bounce s is likely to be the one who dropped it.” Lou Holtz / Arkansas

4. “When you win, nothing hurts.” Joe Namath / Alabama

5. “Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.” Lou Holtz / Arkansas

6. “If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, “Roll, tide, roll!” Bear Bryant / Alabama

7. “A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.” Frank Leahy / Notre Dame

8. “There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.” Woody Hayes / Ohio State

9. “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

10. “In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn’t believe in Bear Bryant.” Wally Butts / Georgia

11. “You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life.” Paul Dietzel / LSU

12. “It’s kind of hard to rally around a math class.” Bear Bryant / Alabama

13. When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world. “No, but you can see it from here.” Lou Holtz / Arkansas

14. “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

15. “There’s one sure way to stop us from scoring-give us the ball near the goal line.” Matty Bell / SMU

16.”Lads, you’re not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died.” Frank Leahy / Notre Dame

17. “I never graduated from Iowa, but I was only there for two terms - Truman’s and Eisenhower’s.” Alex Karras / Iowa

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

19. “I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.” Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

20. “Always remember….. Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.” Shug Jordan/ Auburn

21. “They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that’s real small pieces.” Darrell Royal / Texas

22. “Show me a good and gracious loser, and I’ll show you a failure.” Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

23. “They whipped us like a tied-up goat.” Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

24. “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

25. “Son, you’ve got a good engine, but your hands aren’t on the steering wheel.” Bobby Bowden / Florid a State

26. “Football is not a contact sport-it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.” Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

27. After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his team: “All those who need showers, take them.” John McKay / USC

28. “If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.” Murray Warmath / Minnesota

29. “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

30. “Oh,we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon.” Spike Dykes / Texas Tech

31. “It isn’t necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.” Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

32. “We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches.” Darrell Royal / Texas

33. “We didn’t tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.” John McKay / USC

34. “Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.” Darrell Royal / University of Texas

35. “I’ve found that prayers work best when you have big players.” Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

36. “Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football” John Heisman

37. “At Georgia Southern, we don’t cheat. That costs money and we don’t have any.” Erk Russell / Georgia Southern.

College Football Coach Quotes

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

Bobby Bowden / Florida State - "After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that."

Lou Holtz / Arkansas - "The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it."

Lou Holtz / Arkansas - "Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."

Lou Holtz /Arkansas (When asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world) - "No, but you can see it from here."

Joe Namath / Alabama - "When you win, nothing hurts."

Frank Leahy / Notre Dame - "A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall."

Woody Hayes / Ohio State - "There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."

Woody Hayes / Ohio State - "There are three things that can happen when you pass the ball, and two of them are bad."

Bob Devaney / Nebraska - "I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation."

Wally Butts / Georgia - "In Alabama, an atheist is someone who doesn't believe in Bear Bryant."

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

Bear Bryant / Alabama - "It's kind of hard to rally around a math class."

Bear Bryant /Alabama - "I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game."

Frank Leahy / Notre Dame - "Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died."

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

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

Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State - "I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades."

Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State - "Football is not a contact sport. it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."

Shug Jordan / Auburn - "Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David."

Darrell Royal / Texas - "They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame - "Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame - "The only qualifications for a lineman are e to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame - "It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it."

Knute Rockne / Notre Dame - "I've found that prayers work best when you have big players."

Spike Dykes / Texas Tech - "They whipped us like a tied up goat."

Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State - "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."

Bobby Bowden / Florida State - "Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel."

Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State - "Football is not a contact sport. it is a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport."

John McKay / USC (After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his post game message to his team) "All those who need showers, take them."

John McKay / USC - "We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking."

Murray Warmath / Minnesota - "If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education."

Spike Dykes / Texas Tech - "Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon."

John Heisman / Auburn - “Don't cuss. Don't argue with the officials. And don't lose the game.”

John Heisman / Auburn - "Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football

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