I am not sure how many of these are real but some are really good.
At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.'
Erik 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
'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
The best one is:
'Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football'
John Heisman
At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.'
Erik 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
'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
The best one is:
'Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football'
John Heisman
