Occupation: Football Player Birth: July 6, 1924 Death: November 7, 2012
You know, a football coach is nothing more than a teacher. You teach them the same subject, and you have a group of new guys every year..
They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces..
Breaks balance out. The sun don't shine on the same ol' dog's ass every day..
Old ugly is better than old nothin'.
The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts..
Potential just means you ain't done it yet..
I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday..
You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum..
The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other..
Dance with the one who brung ya..
We don't want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes..
You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score..
Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games..
A boy shows how much he wants to play in the spring, when it's tough, and during two a days, when it's hot and tough..
I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play..
If worms carried pistols, birds wouldn't eat 'em..
I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat..
When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since..
There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is not defeated-he's just a l….
Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad..
The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him..