Occupation: Football Player Birth: September 11, 1913 Death: January 26, 1983
At Alabama, our players don't win Heisman Trophies. Our teams win National Championships..
The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it..
Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you..
I didn't care if we ever quit practicing. I loved it. The only other guy I ever knew who loved it as much was Jerry Duncan. He would beg to practice ….
If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them..
If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can't live without football. I've had a lot of the….
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself..
Lee Roy was the best college linebacker - bar none. He would have made every tackle on every play if they had stayed in bounds..
My approach to the game has been the same at all the places I've been. Vanilla. The sure way. That means, first of all, to win physically. If you got….
Get the winners into the game..
The summer day is closed, the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours, The latest of whose train goes softly out In the red ….
Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a commo….
I'm known as a recruiter. Well you've got to have chicken to make chicken salad..
Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half..
The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards..
Losing doesn't make me want to quit. It makes me want to fight that much harder..
They say I teach brutal football, but the only thing brutal about football is losing..
Find your own picture, your own self in anything that goes bad. It's awfully easy to mouth off at your staff or chew out players, but if it's bad, an….
The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches thes….
Baton Rouge happens to be the worst place in the world for a visiting team. It's like being inside a drum..
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load..