Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad..

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..

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other..

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones..

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since..

I learned this about coaching: You don't have to explain victory and you can't explain defeat..

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..

You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score..

The majority of people pull for the underdog. Heck, even your friends don't like you to be too successful. We've lost enough over the years for me to….

The real make of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him..

We don't want any candy stripes on our uniforms. These are work clothes..

They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces..

Don't matter what they throw at us. Only angry people win football games..

I try not to make the same mistakes today that I made yesterday..

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..

Dance with the one who brung ya..

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..

You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish.

You've got to be in a position for luck to happen. Luck doesn't go around looking for a stumblebum..