"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any." - Erk Russell, Georgia Southern

"Football is only a game. Spiritual things are eternal. Nevertheless, Beat Texas ." - Arkansas church sign before 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

"No, but you can see it from here." - Lou Holtz , Arkansas (when asked if Fayetteville was the end of the world)

"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

"All those who need showers, take them." - John McKay, USC (post game message to his team after Notre Dame beat USC, 51-0)

"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

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football" - John Heisman

Good stuff!

This one gave me a good laugh: "There's one sure way to stop us from scoring - give us the ball near the goal line."  Matty Bell , SMU -

My favorite was "If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education." - Murray Warmath, Minnesota

Thats what it feels like being a Redskins fan.

"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football" - John Heisman

This has been and will always be my favorite football quote of all time. Especially since he probably meant it he was such an eccentric.

Outstanding post.

Brought back a lot of memories of those old coaches.

Thanks for sharing. 

If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you. (Bear Bryant)

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. (Vince Lombardi)

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious! VL

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

I had a coach who used to quote Lombardi as we were running, every day, before AND  after practice...

Fatigue makes cowards of us all.

Sadly, I was in the ninth grade and never understood what the hell he was trying to tell us, because I was always tired.