“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
“No, but you can see it from here.” Lou Holtz / Arkansas (when asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world)
“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 post game 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
“We didn’t tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.” — John McKay / USC
“Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad.” — Darrell Royal / University of Texas
“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
