We leave for Ireland one week from today. College football is almost here! With that in mind, here are a few gems to get the juices flowing:
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble the
football" - John Heisman
"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
"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle, you can hear it!” - Knute
Rockne / Notre Dame
"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money, and we don't
have any." – Erik Russell / Georgia Southern
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be
the one who dropped it." - Lou Holtz / Arkansas - Notre Dame
"When you win, nothing hurts." - Joe Namath / 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
"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 is to 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
"I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he
didn't recruit me ." 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 post-game message to his team
was, "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
"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches." - Darrell
Royal / Texas
"We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking."
- John McKay / USC
"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players." -
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
Ohio State 's Urban Meyer on one of his players: "He doesn't know the
meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades and he
doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words.”
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble the
football" - John Heisman
"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
"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle, you can hear it!” - Knute
Rockne / Notre Dame
"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money, and we don't
have any." – Erik Russell / Georgia Southern
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be
the one who dropped it." - Lou Holtz / Arkansas - Notre Dame
"When you win, nothing hurts." - Joe Namath / 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
"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 is to 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
"I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he
didn't recruit me ." 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 post-game message to his team
was, "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
"We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches." - Darrell
Royal / Texas
"We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking."
- John McKay / USC
"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players." -
Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
Ohio State 's Urban Meyer on one of his players: "He doesn't know the
meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades and he
doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words.”
