We should feel grateful instead of entitled. We have a moral obligation to give back.

You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.

Any time you have coaching changes and things like that, you go and study everything.

Lots of leaders want to be popular. I never cared about that. I want to be respected.

The name on the front of the jersey is what really matters, not the name on the back.

As far as the bowl games, I don't think the players really play for that. Not at USC.

You can't just go visit somewhere and come away and know how they run their business.

The only people who aren't going to be criticized are those who do absolutely nothing

So what if someone wrote your obituary... that doesn't mean you are obligated to die.

The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities.

Oh I've never liked candy corn, I think it's just awful - I think candy corn's awful.

I think it's a lack of journalistic integrity to print things with anonymous sources.

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.

The key to winning is choosing to do God's will and loving others with all you've got.

I suspect Bill Snyder may be a sorcerer... he's one of the coaches that I admire most!

I've never had a dumb quarterback. I think if you're dumb, it's difficult to overcome.

Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.

It's not about being a head coach, I'd rather be a DC at Auburn and win championships.

Each one of us has a comfort zone. The problem comes when we are unwilling to leave it.

Only by entering new and unfamiliar worlds can a person change society as well as self.

I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.

The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth.

When you're kind of the ugly stepsister, you just go to the prom with whoever asks you.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.

There can be no separation in your organization. You win as a team, you lose as a team.

Bill Belichick was probably the most organized coach that I've ever been involved with.

I just want everybody to know that I'm opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.

In Knoxville, they're still doing cartwheels because they went 7-6 and won a bowl game.

You still have to be able to throw the ball and play good defense to win a championship.

If you say you're a football coach, especially with a dude, they're always all over you.

I think when a man shows his true emotions, it's a really good indicator off what he is.

If it's possible to be in a good situation replacing a legend, he's in a good situation.

Mediocre people don't like high achievers and high achievers don't like mediocre people.

Our goal is to work against things we have not seen that we will see in the near future.

I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.

You can always go back, to coaching. You can't go back to spending time with your family.

When you're born again, your DNA changes. You have the ability to understand God's terms.

Everybody runs, but only one wins first prize. So, run your race in such a way as to win.

I don't like talking about myself. I don't like talking about these introspective things.

Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note.

I don't know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.

I have stayed active. I do keep moving. But I should start swimming more. Great exercise.

I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.

Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people.

The true measure of a person’s character is how one handles one’s failures, not successes.

I coached Derrick Thomas for the first three years of his career. He was a special player.

I've never made football my priority. My priorities are my faith and my dependence on God.

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