Coach quotes

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

#2. 'The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.' Lou Holtz / Arkansas
#3. 'There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.' Woody Hayes / Ohio State

#4. '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

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

#6. '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

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

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

#9. 'I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.' Duffy Daugherty / Michigan State

#10. 'Always remember... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.' Shug Jordan / Auburn

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


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


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


#15. 'If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education.' Murray Warmath / Minnesota


#16. '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
#17. 'It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#18. 'We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.' Wilson Matthews / Little Rock Central High School


#19. 'I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.' Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
#20. 'Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.' John Heisman AUBURN