"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."
Erk Russell / Georgia Southern
"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 - Norte Dame
"When you win, nothing hurts."
Joe Namath / Alabama
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."
Lou Holtz / Arkansas - Norte Dame
"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
"They cut us up like boarding house pie, and that's real small pieces."
Darrell Royal / Texas
"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. "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
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
"Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon."
Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking."
John McKay
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."
Erk Russell / Georgia Southern
"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 - Norte Dame
"When you win, nothing hurts."
Joe Namath / Alabama
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."
Lou Holtz / Arkansas - Norte Dame
"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
"They cut us up like boarding house pie, and that's real small pieces."
Darrell Royal / Texas
"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. "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
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
"Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon."
Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking."
John McKay
