"I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me." He said, "Well, Walt, we took a look at you, and you weren't any good"
- Walt Garrison / Oklahoma State/Dallas Cowboys
"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
After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his post-game message to his team was; "All those who need showers, take them."
- John McKay / USC
" 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
"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
"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players."
- Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"He doesn't know the meaning of the word fear. In fact, I just saw his grades and he doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words."
Ohio State's Urban Meyer on one of his players: