Legendary Football Quotes
I could spend days writing quotes from every football coach and player, but these are some of my favorite.
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble the football" - John Heisman
"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
"It isn't necessary to see a good tackle, you can hear it! - Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money, and we don't have any." - Erk Russell / Georgia Southern
"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 - Norte Dame
"When you win, nothing hurts." - Joe Namath / Alabama
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated." - Lou Holtz / Arkansas - Norte 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
"I never graduated from Iowa. But I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's." - Alex Karras / Iowa
"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
"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
"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
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
"Oh, we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon." - Spike Dykes / Texas Tech
"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
"Remember your six P's - Perfect Practice Prevents Piss Poor Performance" - Chuck Knox
The list of legendary quotes would not be complete without a quote from one of the greatest coaches in the history of football - Vince Lombardi.
If you have any favorites, please post them in the comment section!
